16 Apr A Brief History of Cymatics
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Brief History of Cymatics The following article was published in Spirit of Ma’at: “Music of the Spheres” – Vol 3. October 2002. Used with permission. Copyright 2002 Spirit of Ma’at: http://www.spiritofmaat.com Ernst Florenz Friedrich Chladni (1756-1827) Musician and physicist Ernst Chladni laid the foundation for the discipline in physics that came to be called “acoustics”—the science of sound. His fundamental theories, published in his “Discovery of the Theory of Pitch,” have pioneered the basic elements of acoustics, including vibration and pitch. In 1786, he Chladni was able to identify the quantitative relationships governing the transmission of sound, using mathematical analysis to interpret his findings. As the first person to mathematically quantify the relationships governing sound transmission, he came to be known as the Father of Acoustics. Chladni’s experiments consisted of using geometrically shaped, thin glass or metal plates covered with fine sand