| Here are the top 10 Most Amazing facts about | | | | 7. Cymatics plates almost identical to today's were |
| cymatics, a little known but fascinating field of study | | | | played for astonished victorian audiences by Ernst |
| spanning art, science and medicine. Most people know | | | | Chaldini, the "father of acoustics," in the 1700's. |
| cymatics as some beautiful geometric patterns made | | | | 8. Cymatics has been shown to make matter "defy |
| with sound waves. But there is more to cymatics | | | | gravity" - for example, if you tip a plate sideways |
| than meets the eye; read the facts below to get a | | | | with liquid on it, the matter will fall downward; but if |
| glimpse into the wonderful world of cymatics! | | | | sound is applied to the plate, the liquid will actually |
| 1. Cymatics lets us "see sound" as a visible pattern. | | | | climb back up the plate to keep it's cymatic form in |
| 2. Cymatics may prove that sound is not a wave but | | | | defiance of gravity. |
| a bubble. | | | | 9. Cymatics has been used by violin makers for years |
| 3. Cymatics is used to help deaf people learn how to | | | | to help build better violins: they look at the geometric |
| speak. | | | | patterns created by particles inside of the violin to |
| 4. Cymatic symbols appear to have been embedded | | | | help perfect the shape while the instrument is being |
| inside a chapel in Scotland in order to record music | | | | carved. |
| secretly. | | | | And last but not least... |
| 5. Cymatics when played on metal actually shows the | | | | 10. Cymatics can be used to see the geometric |
| stillness within the sound; but when played into water | | | | patterns of your voice at home using table salt and a |
| cymatics shows the sound itself. | | | | simple device made out of 3 things you can get at |
| 6. Cymatics is currently being used to record and | | | | the hardware store. You can get free instructions for |
| decode the language of dolphins. | | | | how to make this device below. |