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This web page provides instructions for building the classic experiment for communicating with two cups and a string, but the emphasis is on communicating by plucking the strings in between the cups. Included are some questions about the experiment and a brief description of the physics.
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Waves and Pendula
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 1998 Exploratorium
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Keyword: string telephone
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Record Updated: May 21, 2012 by Ed Lee
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AIP Format
(Exploratorium, San Francisco, 1998), WWW Document, (https://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ear_guitar.html).
AJP/PRST-PER
Ear Guitar (Exploratorium, San Francisco, 1998), <https://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ear_guitar.html>.
APA Format
Ear Guitar. (1998). Retrieved December 6, 2024, from Exploratorium: https://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ear_guitar.html
Chicago Format
Exploratorium. Ear Guitar. San Francisco: Exploratorium, 1998. https://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ear_guitar.html (accessed 6 December 2024).
MLA Format
Ear Guitar. San Francisco: Exploratorium, 1998. 6 Dec. 2024 <https://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ear_guitar.html>.
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@misc{ Title = {Ear Guitar}, Publisher = {Exploratorium}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {6 December 2024}, Year = {1998} }
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%0 Electronic Source %D 1998 %T Ear Guitar %I Exploratorium %V 2024 %N 6 December 2024 %9 text/html %U https://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ear_guitar.html


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