Scientific Papers of C.V. Raman
Author | : C. V. Raman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 674 |
Release | : 1988 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015029101402 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Scientific Papers of C.V. Raman written by C. V. Raman and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains 55 publications in the field of Acoustics and includes the famous landmark paper On the Mechanical Theory of Vibration of Bowed Strings--perhaps the most important contribution to the theory of violins since Helmholtz, and also the English translation of Raman's celebrated monograph, Musik instrumente und ihre Klange (Musical Instruments and Their Tones) in the Springer Encyclopaedia of Physics. The volume includes six remarkable papers on the acoustics of Indian musical instruments--the mridangam and tabla, the only percussion instruments in the world that produce harmonic vibrations, and the tanpura and veena.