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Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
Photo: "Alchemy" Was the Secret to Making Stradivarius Violins, Study SaysNew chemical analyses of wood shavings from three 18th-century instruments suggest that the violinmakers used a special chemical treatment to give their instruments their unique tones. Photograph by Mary Ann Watson, courtesy Nature
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