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" ... tube. The lower end of the rod rests upon the sound-board of the piano, its upper end being exposed before you. An artist is at this moment engaged at the instrument, but you hear no sound. I place this violin upon the end of the rod; the violin becomes... "
Natural Philosophy ... - Page 29
by William James Rolfe - 1874 - 405 pages
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Sound: A Course of Eight Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of ...

John Tyndall - Music - 1867 - 364 pages
...sound. I place this violin upon the end of the rod; the violin becomes instantly musical, not however with the vibrations of its own strings, but with those of the piano. I remove the violin, the sound ceases ; I put in its place a guitar, and the music revives. For the...
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Sound: A Course of Eight Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of ...

John Tyndall - Sound - 1867 - 372 pages
...sound. I place this violin upon the end of the rod; the violin becomes instantly musical, not however with the vibrations of its own strings, but with those of the piano. I remove the violin, the sound ceases ; I put in its place a guitar, and the music revives. For the...
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Elements of Sound: Light, and Heat

William James Rolfe - Physics - 1868 - 328 pages
...through the water in the tube. In a similar way it has been found that musical sounds are transmitted through all liquids. 32. Transmission of Musical Sounds...every note of the piano was reproduced as before. Musical sounds, then, like other sounds, are transmitted unchanged through solids, liquids, and gases....
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The Intellectual Observer, Volume 12

Science - 1868 - 556 pages
...sound. I place this violin upon the end of the rod; the violin becomes instantly musical, not however, with the vibrations of its own strings, but with those of the piano. I remove the violin, the sound ceases. I put in its place a guitar, and the music revives." A harp...
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The Physiology of Man: Special senses. generation

Austin Flint - Physiology - 1874 - 534 pages
...sound. I place this violin upon the end of the rod ; the violin becomes instantly musical, not how. ever with the vibrations of its own strings, but with those of the piano. I remove the violin, the sound ceases ; I put in its place a guitar, and the music revives. For the...
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Sound, 8 lectures

John Tyndall - 1875 - 466 pages
...violin is placed upon the end of the rod, the instrument becomes instantly musical, not, however,with the vibrations of its own strings, but with those of the piano. When the violin is removed, the sound ceases; putting in its place a guitar, the music revives. For...
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Evolution of Sound: Part of the Problem of Human Life Here and Hereafter ...

Alexander Wilford Hall - Evolution - 1878 - 300 pages
...place this violin upon the end of the rod; the violin becomes instantly musical, — not, however, with the vibrations of its own strings, but with those of the piano. I remove the violin, the sound ceases ; I put in its place a guitar, and the sound revives. For the...
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The Problem of Human Life: Embracing the "evolution of Sound" and "evolution ...

Alexander Wilford Hall - Evolution - 1880 - 544 pages
...place this violin upon the end of the rod ; the violin becomes instantly musical, — not, however, with the vibrations of its own strings, but with those of the piano. I remove the violin, the sound ceases ; I put in its place a guitar, and (he sound revives. For the...
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Once a Week

Eneas Sweetland Dallas - General - 1871 - 618 pages
...I place this violin upon the end of the rod; the violin becomes instantly musical — not, however, with the vibrations of its own strings, but with those of the piano. I remove the violin : the sound -ceases. I put in its place a guitar, and the music revives. For the...
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Musical accoustics; or, The phenomena of sound as connected with music

John Broadhouse - 1881 - 456 pages
...a violin is placed upon the end of the rod, the instrument becomes instantly musical, not, however, with the vibrations of its own strings, but with those of the piano. When the violin is removed, the sound ceases; putting in its place a guitar, the music revives. For...
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