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... render the science of Acoustics interesting to all intelligent persons , including those who do not possess any special scientific culture . The subject is treated experimentally throughout , and I have endeavoured so to place each ...
... render the science of Acoustics interesting to all intelligent persons , including those who do not possess any special scientific culture . The subject is treated experimentally throughout , and I have endeavoured so to place each ...
Page viii
... the spring - like freshness of a boy . When together indeed , we were men and boys by turns . This union of life , love , and wisdom rendered Richard Dawes a great educator of PREFACE . ix the young , in which capacity , viii PREFACE .
... the spring - like freshness of a boy . When together indeed , we were men and boys by turns . This union of life , love , and wisdom rendered Richard Dawes a great educator of PREFACE . ix the young , in which capacity , viii PREFACE .
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... rendered still more attenuated . In this way we obtain a vacuum more perfect than that of Hawks- bee , and this is ... renders its ringing very audible . to the air outside . All that I can hear.
... rendered still more attenuated . In this way we obtain a vacuum more perfect than that of Hawks- bee , and this is ... renders its ringing very audible . to the air outside . All that I can hear.
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... rendered more soft and flute - like , the gradual diminution of intensity giving the impression that the source of sound is retreating further and further into the solitudes of ice and snow . In large unfurnished rooms the reflection of ...
... rendered more soft and flute - like , the gradual diminution of intensity giving the impression that the source of sound is retreating further and further into the solitudes of ice and snow . In large unfurnished rooms the reflection of ...
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... render intelligible speech possible , where , without an audience , the definition of the direct voice is destroyed ... rendered the night much noisier than the day . Humboldt thus explained the observation : -Between him and the falls ...
... render intelligible speech possible , where , without an audience , the definition of the direct voice is destroyed ... rendered the night much noisier than the day . Humboldt thus explained the observation : -Between him and the falls ...
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auditory nerve augmentation beats bell carbonic acid cause centre Chladni column of air condensation corresponding Crown 8vo density disc distance divides division Edition elasticity embouchure Eustachian tube experiment flame fork four fundamental tone glass harmonic hear heard heat Helmholtz higher tones human voice hydrogen illustrated inches instrument intensity interval lecture length light liquid membrane ments motion musical sound nodal lines nodes number of vibrations observed obtain octave open pipe organ-pipe orifice oscillate overtones particles pass pitch plate Post 8vo pressure produced prongs puffs pulse rapidity of vibration rarefaction rate of vibration ratio reed reflected rendered resonance resultant tone rotation sonorous wave square stopped pipe stretched string surface syren temperature tion tube tuning-fork tympanic membrane unison vein velocity in air velocity of sound ventral segments vibrating segments vibrating strings voice vols vowel wire Woodcuts
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