Images Dated 6th July 2006

Guitar string vibrating

Guitar string vibrating. When plucked, the string vibrates at a specific frequency, which determines the pitch of the note. The vertical lines on the fretboard (centre right) of the guitar mark where fingers should be placed to shorten or lengthen the vibrating part of the string. Shortening the string produces a note with a higher pitch, lengthening it lowers the note. The vibration of the string itself does not create much sound, but the strings in turn cause the top plate of the guitar to vibrate, which is much louder. The hole at centre left allows these amplified sound waves to escape

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People are seen through window as they walk in the rain along St

People are seen through a window as they walk during heavy rain along St. Marks Street in New York July 5, 2006. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - GM1DSZEKXXAA

The Embleme of Englands Distractions, 1658, (1899)

The Embleme of Englands Distraction as also of her attained and further expected Freedom and Happines per H. M. 1658, (1899). Portrait of military leader and politician Oliver Cromwell (1599-1558) also known as Cromwell between Two Pillars'. Illustration from Samuel Rawson Gardiner's Oliver Cromwell, (Goupil & Co, London, Paris, New York, 1899)

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