Example of a Chladni pattern on a square plate. The plate, seen from above, is black, and the sand is bright green.
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Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni, a pioneer of the field of acoustics, was born #OTD in 1756.
He studied the mathematical theory of sound waves, the speed of sound in various materials, and eponymous complex patterns formed by vibrational modes of solid objects.
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