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309 - ACOUSTICS. Resonator by Hermann von HELMHOLTZ. Blown glass and blackened wooden display stand. Stamped “R. DAMANI Vénézia,” circa 1850. Second half of the 19th century. Length: 47 cm. Wormholes in the wooden stand.
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ACOUSTICS. Resonator by Hermann von HELMHOLTZ. Blown glass and blackened wooden display stand. Stamped “R. DAMANI Vénézia,” circa 1850. Second half of the 19th century. Length: 47 cm. Wormholes in the wooden stand. Hermann von Helmholtz was a Prussian scientist (physiologist and physicist), born on August 31, 1821, in Potsdam and died on September 8, 1894, in Berlin-Charlottenburg. He made significant contributions to fluid dynamics, the study of sound and color perception, and thermodynamics. Helmholtz resonance is a phenomenon involving the resonance of air within a cavity. The name comes from a device created in the 1850s by Hermann von Helmholtz to determine the pitch of different tones.
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