Other Work
Chladni discovered Chladni's law, a simple algebraic relation for approximating the modal frequencies of the free oscillations of plates and other bodies.
Chladni estimated sound velocities in different gases by placing those gases in an organ pipe, playing it, and observing the sounds that emerged. This built on the work of Pierre Gassendi in measuring the speed of sound in air, begun in 1635.
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