Resonance RESONANCE: ' The property whereby any vibratory system responds with maximum amplitude to an applied force having the a frequency equal to its own.' In english, this means that any solid object that is struck with a sound wave of equal sound wave vibrations will amplitude the given tone. This would explain the reason why some singers are able to break wine glasses with their voice. The vibrations build up enough to shatter …
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…world thanks to the law of resonation. Bibliography Granet, Charles; Sound and Hearing; Abelard-Schuman, Toronto; 1965 Freeman, Ira M.; Sound and Ultrasonics; Random House; New york; 1968 Freeman, Ira M.; Physics Made Simple; Doubleday, New York; 1965 Jones, G.R.; Acoustics; English Univ. Press; London; 1967 White, Harvey E; Physics and Music; Saunders College, Philadelphia; 1980 Funk and Wagnall; Standard Desk Dictionary; Harper Row, USA; 1985 nstrated using tuning forks. If the frequency of the tuning forks is known, then v