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Page 37
... example brought from Egypt by a friend of the writer's : - Fig . 19. - Egyptian flute . We have here essentially an open pipe blown on the principle F. Girdlestone , Esq . , of the Charterhouse , Godalming . of the pandean closed pipe ...
... example brought from Egypt by a friend of the writer's : - Fig . 19. - Egyptian flute . We have here essentially an open pipe blown on the principle F. Girdlestone , Esq . , of the Charterhouse , Godalming . of the pandean closed pipe ...
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... example , few things are more dangerous to a ship than to lie in the trough of the sea , under the influence of waves whose period is nearly that of her own rolling . " F the source of sound , its effect is immediately transmitted 111 ...
... example , few things are more dangerous to a ship than to lie in the trough of the sea , under the influence of waves whose period is nearly that of her own rolling . " F the source of sound , its effect is immediately transmitted 111 ...
Page 67
... example , the dampers be lifted off a piano and the voice be used in its neighbourhood , it will be heard to sing out loudly with a humming tone the notes which have been spoken on . The same effect occurs with drums and tuning - forks ...
... example , the dampers be lifted off a piano and the voice be used in its neighbourhood , it will be heard to sing out loudly with a humming tone the notes which have been spoken on . The same effect occurs with drums and tuning - forks ...
Page 69
... example , however , occurs in the body of all instruments of the viol or violin family . We have here a flattened box of a very complicated shape , the front or belly of which is made of fine even - grained pine - wood ; the back ...
... example , however , occurs in the body of all instruments of the viol or violin family . We have here a flattened box of a very complicated shape , the front or belly of which is made of fine even - grained pine - wood ; the back ...
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... example of interference may be noted when the big bell at the House of Commons tolls the hour . The first blow of the hammer falls on the metal in a quiescent state , and a sound of medium loudness is elicited . But as the clockwork ...
... example of interference may be noted when the big bell at the House of Commons tolls the hour . The first blow of the hammer falls on the metal in a quiescent state , and a sound of medium loudness is elicited . But as the clockwork ...
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arranged bassoon beats bell Cambridge cartilages cavity chords clarinet comma consonant corresponding Crown 8vo density elastic ELEMENTARY TREATISE English enharmonic equal temperament Eton College excited experiments Extra fcap fifth flame flute fork fundamental note give GREEK harmonic harmonium heard heat Helmholtz HISTORY human voice instrument intervals J. P. MAHAFFY John's College keyboard keys late Fellow LATIN length longitudinal Lord Rayleigh lower major sixth major third Mathematical membrane metal method metres minor monochord motion musical tones named nodes number of vibrations numerous Illustrations oboe octave ordinary organ Owens College Oxford perfect perfect fifths pipe pitch plate prime tone produced Professor ratio reed resonance rotating scale schismas School semitone sharpened siren sixth sonorous source of sound stopped string temperament temperature termed tonometer tube tuned tuning-fork unison upper partial tones velocity of sound vibration number violin wave wave-length
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