124 THE APPLICATIONS OF PHYSICAL FORCES. [BOOK n. 



sounds, which, however, depends chiefly on the manner 1 in which 

 they are beaten, into male and female gongs. Japanese priests use 

 the gong and cymbals in their ceremonies. Chladni relates that 



FIG. 78. Japanese bonzes or priests striking the gong and playing on cymbal* 



this instrument was successfully made use of in an oratorio in 

 Copenhagen to represent the earthquake at the death of Jesus 

 Christ. 



1 See details relative to the making of tam-tams in Les Industries anciennes et 

 moderncs de V Empire chinois, by Stanislas Julien et Champion. 



