| John Frederick William Herschel - Philosophy - 1831 - 440 pages
...correspondence between the pitch of the jnote and the rapidity of succession of the impulse, we conclude that our sensation of the different pitches of musical...which their impulses are communicated to our ears. (154.) 6th, That such counteracting or modifying causes may subsist unperceived, and annul the effects... | |
| John Ayrton Paris - Boys - 1833 - 502 pages
...effect scarcely inferior to that of the Eolian harp." " How extremely beautiful !" said Miss Villers. " And how admirably does it illustrate the theory of...of heat ; one of the edges coming in contact with the cold lead contracts, and by destroying the balance of the block, causes its opposite edge to come... | |
| John Frederick William Herschel - Science - 1840 - 398 pages
...the pitch of the note and the rapidity of succession of the impulse, we conclude that our sensati6n of the different pitches of musical notes originates...which their impulses are communicated to our ears. (154.) 6th, That such counteracting or modifying causes may subsist unperceived, and annul the effects... | |
| Science - 1842 - 516 pages
...effect scarcely inferior to that of the Eolian harp." " How extremely beautiful!" said Miss Villers. " And how admirably does it illustrate the theory of...metal is thus made to vibrate," said Miss Villers. metal from the loss of heat; one of the edges coming in contact with the cold lead contracts, and by... | |
| Henry Philip Tappan - Philosophy - 1844 - 492 pages
...correspondence between the pitch of the note and the rapidity of succession of the impulse, we conclude that our sensation of the different pitches of musical notes originates in different rapidities with which their impulses are communicated to our ears."f There is another form... | |
| John Frederick William Herschel - Physics - 1846 - 396 pages
...correspondence between the pitch of the note and the rapidity of succession of the impulse, we conclude that our sensation of the different pitches of musical...which their impulses are communicated to our ears. (154.) 6th, That such counteracting or modifying causes may subsist unperceived, and annul the effects... | |
| John Ayrton Paris - Children's stories - 1847 - 708 pages
...acuteness. It is evident, therefore, from this experiment alone, by showing the correspondence which exist between the pitch of the note and the rapidity of...loss of heat; one of the edges coming in contact with the cold lead contracts, and by destroying the balance of the block, causes its opposite edge to come... | |
| John Ayrton Paris - Games - 1853 - 624 pages
...low murmur, and then a hum, which by degrees acquires the character of a musical note, rising higlier and higher in acuteness. It is evident, therefore,...of heat ; one of the edges coming in contact with the cold lead contracts, and, by destroying the balance of the block, causes its opposite edge to come... | |
| Henry Philip Tappan - History - 1856 - 480 pages
...correspondence between the pitch of the note and the rapidity of succession of the impulse, we conclude that our sensation of the different pitches of musical notes originates in different rapidities with which their impulses are communicated to our ears/' f There is another form... | |
| John Ayrton Paris - Amusements - 1857 - 622 pages
...more and more rapidly ; at first we hear a rattling noise, then a low murmur, and then a hum, \vhich by degrees acquires the character of a musical note,...of heat : one of the edges coming in contact with the cold lead contracts, and, by destroying the balance of the block, causes its opposite edge to come... | |
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