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Beats with Tuning Forks
W-b6a



Two tuning forks of identical frequency are mounted on resonant enclosures; when a small piece of wax is attached to one, beats can be heard.


Fishbane Chapter:   15.3
HRW 9th:   17.08
Reese Chapter:   12.920
RHK 5th:   19.8
SJ 3rd Chapter:   14.6
PIRA DCS classification:   3B60.10

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University