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bekas [8.4K]
3 years ago
12

in the nineteenth century, people put their ears to a railroad track to get an early warning of an approaching train. Why did th

is work?​
History
1 answer:
VladimirAG [237]3 years ago
3 0

The vibrations and sound waves from the train would travel up the railroad tracks ahead of the train. When a person put their ear on the track, it would receve the signals from the vibrations and sound waves.

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