Code Number: 3C20.30
Demo Title: Siren Disk - Seebeck Siren
Condition: Good
Principle: Frequency of Sound Waves
Area of Study: Oscillations &Acoustics
Equipment:
Savart wheel w/holes, Motor-driven rotator.
Procedure:
Put the Savart's wheel into the rotator and tighten securely. Start the motor and direct a stream of air at each series of holes and listen to the pitch changes.
References:
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- Thomas B. Greenslade Jr., "Siren and Savart's Disk Combined", AJP, Vol. 81, #1, Jan. 2013, p. 23.
- Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr., "Siren Disk (Photo)", AJP, Vol. 72, # 2, Feb. 2004, p. 263.
- Sc-1: Freier and Anderson, A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.
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- George M. Hopkins, "Experiments with the Scientific Top", Experimental Science, p. 173.
- John Henry Pepper, "Acoustics", Cyclopadic Science Simplified, p. 496.
- The Queen Catalogues Vol. II, Catalogue of Physicsal Instruments, No. 4564, p. 44.