 | John Tyndall - Music - 1867 - 394 pages
...from the single orifice of a steatite burner, and reaches a height of 24 inches. The slightest tap on a distant anvil reduces its height to 7 inches....emits a loud roar. The dropping of a sixpence into a Land already containing coin, at a distance of 1 20 yards, knocks the flame down. I j cannot walk across... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1867 - 364 pages
...from the single orifice of a steatite burner, and reaches a height of 24 inches. The slightest tap on a distant anvil reduces its height to 7 inches....flame is violently agitated, and emits a loud roar. xf The dropping of a sixpence into a Laud | already containing coin, at a distance of / 20 yards, knocks... | |
 | John Tyndall - Sound - 1867 - 404 pages
...from the single orifice of a steatite burner, and reaches a height of 24 inches. The slightest tap on a distant anvil reduces its height to 7 inches. When I o shake this bunch of keys the flame is violently agitated, and emits a loud roar. The dropping of... | |
 | William James Rolfe - Physics - 1868 - 328 pages
....1 "n- -§•>* ame was means of intiis to vary •*. ""*/ »• V -\. - *•»" £/ g^:/*or-•• on a distant anvil reduces its height to 7 inches....into a hand already containing coin, at a distance of 26 yards, knocks the flame down. I cannot walk across the floor without Fig. 188. a git a ting the... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1869 - 386 pages
...found to exert a powerful influence. 239 burner, and reaches a height of 24 inches. The slightest tap on a distant anvil reduces its height to 7 inches. When I shake this bunch of keys the flame is FIG m FIG m violently agitated, and emits a loud roar. The dropping of a sixpence into a hand already... | |
 | John Tyndall - Sound - 1873 - 366 pages
...from the single orifice of a steatite burner, and reaches a height of 24 inches. The slightest tap on a distant anvil reduces its height to 7 inches....into a hand already containing coin, at a distance o{ 20 yards, knocks the flame down. I cannot walk across the floor without agitating the flame. The... | |
 | William James Rolfe - Physics - 1874 - 550 pages
...flame such as is shown in Figure 240: — " The flame reaches a height of 24 inches. The slightest tap on a distant anvil reduces its height to 7 inches....flame down. I cannot walk across the floor without Fig. 240. agitating the flame. The creaking of my boots sets it in violent commotion. The crumpling... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1875 - 466 pages
...The slightest tap on a distant anvil reduces its height to 7 inches. When a bunch of keys is shaken the flame is violently agitated, and emits a loud...at a distance of 20 yards, knocks the flame down. It is not possible to walk across the floor without agitating the flame. The creaking of boots sets... | |
 | Science - 1875 - 418 pages
...slightest tap on a distant anvil causes it to fall to seven inches. When a bunch of keys is shaken, the flame is violently agitated, and emits a loud...of a sixpence into a hand, already containing coin, knocks the flame down. The creaking of boots sets it in violent commotion. The crumbling or tearing... | |
 | Science - 1875 - 360 pages
...fall to 7 inches. When a bunch of keys is shaken the flame is violently agitated, and emits a lond : roar. The dropping of a sixpence into a hand already containing coin, knocks the flame down. The creaking of boots sets it in a violent commotion. The crumpling or tearing... | |
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The creaking of ray hoots sets it in violent commotion. The crumpling, or tearing of a bit of paper, or the rustle of a silk dress, does the same. It is startled by the patter of a raindrop. 
