Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1895 — EXPLOSION BY MUSIC. [ARTICLE]

EXPLOSION BY MUSIC.

fibration of G String of a Bass Viol Explodes lodide of Nitrogen. One of the most dangerous of al! explosives is a black powder called' odide of nitrogen. When it is dry die slightest touch will often cause it io expiod^-with- great, viol<nefi f -r There appears to be’h certain rate )f vibration which the compound' cannot resist. In experiments to letermine the cause of its excessivo, ax plosiveness some damp iodide of. ntrogen was rubbed on the strings' of a bass viol. It is known, says tho j Youth's Companion, that the strings, jf such an instrument will vibratei when those of a similar instrument,: having an equal tension, are played upon. In this case after the explosive lutd become thoroughly dry upon the strings, another bass viol was brought near, and its strings were sounded. At; a certain, .note, tho iodide on the prepared instrument' jxplodod. It was found' that the explosion .■jccurred a rate of vibration of sixty per second was communicated to the prepared strings. Fibration of the G string caused an explosion, while that of the E string had no effect. ■