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Chladni's work on meteorites also had a great influence. He deduced that meteorites did not come from volcanoes, as was believed at the time, but that they came from outer space. His book on the topic led to an interest in studying meteorites.

Chladni also experimented with tuning forks, and his research allowed him to create a musical instrument called the clavicylinder. The clavicylinder was created with the principles of tuning forks in mind. It was made by placing vibrating metal rods against a wheel to create sound.

Ernst Chladni was born in Germany in 1756. In 1782, he was able to get a degree in law from Leipzig University. He is mostly known for his work in acoustics and meteorites, which is why he is known as the father of acoustics and the father of meteorites. He came up with the invention of Chladni plates, which create patterns with sand as they are vibrated.

I will research the creator of Chladni plates, Ernst Chladni, also known as "the father of acoustics". I will find out what contributions he made in history. I will look for any other inventions that he made and what other fields of research he was invested in.

Ernst Chladni

Chladni also proposed Chladni's law, which allows the frequency of modes of vibration to be calculated with the equation f=C(m+2n)^p, given linear and circular nodes and some coefficients.

Overall, Chladni provided a lot of inventions and ideas to history, and some of these inspired other people, such as Benjamin Franklin, to also contribute to history.

Source:

http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/explore/acoustics/ernstchladni/

http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/explore/images/acoustics/chladni.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/ChingaMeteorite.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Tuning-fork.jpg

A tuning fork

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