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Acoustics of Ancient Chinese Bells

Bronze bell chimes were important orchestral instruments until they vanished from history 2,000 years ago. A chime recovered by archaeologists has revealed their sophisticated acoustical design

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 256 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “Acoustics of Ancient Chinese Bells” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 256 No. 4 (), p. 104
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0487-104