Abstract
THE various theories referred to by “A. T. W.” in the review—“Nature and Man in Arabia”—published in NATURE of April 30, have been so frequently and thoroughly criticised and tested since the publication of my first paper in 1888, that one would have thought it unnecessary to revive the discussions now. However, I may point out that after having succeeded in producing musical sand artificially, it was admitted by Crookes, and other leading physicists, that I had proved my explanation of the cause of the sounds to be the correct one.
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NATURE, 118, 274; Feb. 23, 1924.
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CARUS-WILSON, C. Musical Sands. Nature 129, 798 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129798c0
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