What do you call this instrument?
The tuning fork is a narrow, two-pronged steel bar that when tuned to a specific musical pitch retains its tuning almost indefinitely. It was apparently invented by George Frideric Handel’s trumpeter John Shore shortly before the latter's death in 1752. Because it produces a nearly pure tone (without overtones), it is useful in experimental study of the physics of sound. It has also been used in musical instruments—e.g., the dulcitone, or typophone, a set of graduated tuning forks struck by felt hammers by means of a keyboard mechanism.
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William Laughlin
For the sake of the 18% that chose sphygmomanometer, you should know that it is an instrument for measuring blood pressure, typically consisting of an inflatable rubber cuff which is applied to the arm and connected to a column of mercury next to a graduated scale, enabling the determination of systolic and diastolic blood pressure by increasing and gradually releasing the pressure in the cuff.
Howard Groopman
William Laughlin, You don't "Sibay"! :)
William Laughlin
And yet ANOTHER clone!
Quizzclub is fooling no one.