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In a curious inquiry, a reader sparks a cosmic conversation by questioning whether a tuning fork struck in the void of space could forever produce vibrations. Is that possible? Before we delve into ...

MR. HERMANN SMITH, in a letter in NATURE last week, commenting upon my paper read before the Physical Society on June 10, of which you gave a short report, offers some very cogent experiments in ...

IN NATURE last week there is a short description of Mr. W. F. Stanley's well-devised experiments, by which the tuningfork “is shown not to depend upon a vibrating ventroid.” ...