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IN NATURE, vol. xix. p. 158, col. 2, is the following:β βIt has been suggested that the same molecule may be capable of vibrating in different ways, and thus of yielding different spectra, just as a bell may give out different notes when struck in different ways.β It is well to note that the bell as a whole gives but one sound, and the other sounds are not true harmonics, but come from parts of the bell, either before the whole is in vibration or from parts badly amalgamated, flaws in the metal, airbubbles in pouring into the mould, lack of homogeneity, inequalities in the mould, &c.
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CHAPPELL, W. Molecular Vibrations. Nature 19, 242 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019242b0
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