3C20.30 - Siren Disk - Seebeck Siren

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.
Code Number:
3C20.30
Demo Title:
Siren Disk - Seebeck Siren
Condition:
Good
Principle:
Frequency of Sound Waves
Area of Study:
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:
  • Norihiro Sugimoto ( Stray Cats ), "Let's make "24:27:30:32:36:40:45:48" and Play Music", TPT, Vol. 58, #4, April 2020, p. 280.
  • Thomas D. Rossing, "Seebeck's Siren", TPT, Vol. 17, # 6, Sept. 1979, p. 352.
  • E. Scott Barr, "The Sirene", TPT, Vol. 17, # 8, p. 550, Nov. 1979.
  • Arthur H. Benade, "An Octave Synthesizer", TPT, Vol. 16, # 6, Sept. 1978, p. 400.
  • 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.
  • W-050:  "Siren Disk",  DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.
  • S-120, 121:  Richard Manliffe Sutton, Demonstration Experiments in Physics.
  • 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.

 



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