Show malo of ia caber Cp ber the origin of this everyday phrase la sufficiently interesting to even bear retelling to those that already know it pythagoras the greek philosopher while experimenting on tha vibrations of tight drawn strings discovered that strings of certain lengths produced certain notes ho then connected the seven planets known at that time with musical notes for the reason merely that the radii 0 the seven spheres in which according to then existing notions tte planets were set were of unequal length and therefore 2 produced different notes these notes he dabbed the music of the spheres this music was not supposed to be canned by the friction of the spheres in the sockets in which they were set as is currently thought but waa pro by the vibrations of their unequal radii new york Be corder |