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TUNING FORK

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 392 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TUNING

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FORK  , a small
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bar of
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cast
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steel with tolerably defined edges,
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bent into a
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fork with two prongs, with a handle of the same
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metal extending from the
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bend of the fork and serving as a
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sound-
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post to transmit the vibrations to any resonance
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board or
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body convenient for reinforcing the sound . The fork is set in vibration by striking one of the prongs against a hard substance, or pressing the prongs together if they are
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light ones, or if heavy
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drawing a
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bow across . The tuning fork was invented by
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John
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Shore, royal
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trumpeter in 1711, sergeant trumpeter at the entry of
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George I. in 1714, and lutanist to the
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Chapel Royal in 1715 . It is used for determining musical
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pitch (see PITCH), and also in certain
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physical experiments (see SOUND) .

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