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Page 5
... less awful manifestations of frictional and inductive machines , is a source of sound . In the form of a dynamic current , it has also the power of producing such an alteration in the mole- cules of soft iron as to be accompanied by ...
... less awful manifestations of frictional and inductive machines , is a source of sound . In the form of a dynamic current , it has also the power of producing such an alteration in the mole- cules of soft iron as to be accompanied by ...
Page 10
... this combination less The ancient " vielle , " now degraded into the hurdy - gurdy , is the oldest , and perhaps the best representative of this class . vague and fortuitous than it is in that primitive and 10 [ CHAP . ON SOUND .
... this combination less The ancient " vielle , " now degraded into the hurdy - gurdy , is the oldest , and perhaps the best representative of this class . vague and fortuitous than it is in that primitive and 10 [ CHAP . ON SOUND .
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... less acoustical importance than those named above . They were first , like them , investi- gated by Chladni , but they have hitherto contributed no instrument to music , and are chiefly of a mathematical and theoretical interest ...
... less acoustical importance than those named above . They were first , like them , investi- gated by Chladni , but they have hitherto contributed no instrument to music , and are chiefly of a mathematical and theoretical interest ...
Page 22
... less than that of steel ones . " The velocity of sound in steel is at a maximum , amounting to 5,237 metres per second . For brass the velocity would be less in about the ratio 15 : 1. So that a tuning - fork made of brass would be ...
... less than that of steel ones . " The velocity of sound in steel is at a maximum , amounting to 5,237 metres per second . For brass the velocity would be less in about the ratio 15 : 1. So that a tuning - fork made of brass would be ...
Page 27
... a large soft beater over a I Thomson and Tait's Natural Philosophy ; Lord Rayleigh , Theory of Sound , F293 ; Donkin ; Kirchoff . circle about one - third less in diameter than the 1. E 27 MODES OF PRODUCTION OF SOUND . ]
... a large soft beater over a I Thomson and Tait's Natural Philosophy ; Lord Rayleigh , Theory of Sound , F293 ; Donkin ; Kirchoff . circle about one - third less in diameter than the 1. E 27 MODES OF PRODUCTION OF SOUND . ]
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