A 128Hz medical tuning fork appeared in my collection thanks to a friend! Have you ever used a tuning fork? According to Wikipedia, the tuning fork was invented in 1711 by British musician John Shore, ...

Two identical tuning forks mounted on resonance boxes are struck with rubber mallets to show they have identical tones. A small piece of putty is added to one tuning fork to alter it's frequency. When ...

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 ...

Tuning fork crystals, also known as wrist watch crystals, are one of the classical crystal design used for time control in watches, clocks, and other electronic devices. The most common frequency of ...

Long before Apple, Garmin, Timex and Casio, Accutron invented the world’s first fully electronic watch. In 1960, Bulova’s subsidiary introduced the Spaceview with a Tuning Fork movement, which used a ...

FRANKFURT. Neutron stars, with a mass greater than that of the entire solar system confined within a nearly perfect sphere just a dozen kilometers in diameter, are among the most fascinating ...

Superfluid helium represents a fascinating state of matter, manifesting unique quantum mechanical behaviours at ultralow temperatures, including frictionless flow and the absence of viscosity. In ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This set of ten steel tuning forks ...