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... MOTION . INTERFERENCE . 4. PITCH . MODES OF DETERMINATION AND MEASUREMENT . STANDARDS OF PITCH . 5. NATURE OF MUSICAL TONE . QUALITY . RESULTANT TONES . 6. EFFECTS OF HEAT . ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE . MOISTURE . ON SOUND .
... MOTION . INTERFERENCE . 4. PITCH . MODES OF DETERMINATION AND MEASUREMENT . STANDARDS OF PITCH . 5. NATURE OF MUSICAL TONE . QUALITY . RESULTANT TONES . 6. EFFECTS OF HEAT . ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE . MOISTURE . ON SOUND .
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... determined with certainty by damping the exact point at which one of the nodes is situated , and exciting the string in the position of a loop or ventral segment . The corresponding nodal points throughout its length will thus be ...
... determined with certainty by damping the exact point at which one of the nodes is situated , and exciting the string in the position of a loop or ventral segment . The corresponding nodal points throughout its length will thus be ...
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... determined . If , after striking , the hand be quickly removed , a second note is heard to follow the first at the interval of an octave above . In the former case the pipe vibrates as what is termed a stopped pipe , with one end closed ...
... determined . If , after striking , the hand be quickly removed , a second note is heard to follow the first at the interval of an octave above . In the former case the pipe vibrates as what is termed a stopped pipe , with one end closed ...
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... determined by the method first named as a means of exciting musical oscillation in a pipe , namely , by striking a slight blow with the palm of the hand on the upper orifice of the tube . The wave thus sent downwards is in- stantly ...
... determined by the method first named as a means of exciting musical oscillation in a pipe , namely , by striking a slight blow with the palm of the hand on the upper orifice of the tube . The wave thus sent downwards is in- stantly ...
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... determination somewhat doubtful . An ingenious application of the principle of propagation through solids occurs in Wheatstone's Telephone , exhibited at the Polytechnic Institution many years ago . A band of performers , with violin ...
... determination somewhat doubtful . An ingenious application of the principle of propagation through solids occurs in Wheatstone's Telephone , exhibited at the Polytechnic Institution many years ago . A band of performers , with violin ...
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