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Musical Sand

Nature volume 86, pages 483–484 (1911)Cite this article

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WORKING with sand obtained from the beach at Barmouth, North Wales, I have been able to confirm most of the conclusions arrived at by Mr. Carus Wilson (NATURE, vol. xliv., p. 322) and by Mr. Skinner (NATURE, vol. lxxvii., p. 188), while the following additional observations have been made.

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THOMAS, E. Musical Sand. Nature 86, 483–484 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/086483c0

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