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Page 36
... contain a large reed thus made from the woody tubular stem of some perennial plant . If Vibrations of Columns of Air . - Next in importance to strings as sound - generators may be ranked pipes and columns of air . A very simple ...
... contain a large reed thus made from the woody tubular stem of some perennial plant . If Vibrations of Columns of Air . - Next in importance to strings as sound - generators may be ranked pipes and columns of air . A very simple ...
Page 69
... containing air , of which the capacity is sufficiently large , com- municating with the external atmosphere by a narrow neck represents a state of things in which . the kinetic energy may be neglected except in the neighbourhood of the ...
... containing air , of which the capacity is sufficiently large , com- municating with the external atmosphere by a narrow neck represents a state of things in which . the kinetic energy may be neglected except in the neighbourhood of the ...
Page 84
... containing 145 feet to the pound avoirdupois , breaking with a weight of 300 lbs . The load required to produce tenor C of the piano- forte was from 240 to 250 lbs . The sound was brought out by the application of a well - rosined bow ...
... containing 145 feet to the pound avoirdupois , breaking with a weight of 300 lbs . The load required to produce tenor C of the piano- forte was from 240 to 250 lbs . The sound was brought out by the application of a well - rosined bow ...
Page 111
... contain none of these secondary waves , and will therefore consist solely of the prime tone . This is the form peculiar to the pendulum and to tuning - forks , and hence they are called simple or pendular vibrations . Partials . The ...
... contain none of these secondary waves , and will therefore consist solely of the prime tone . This is the form peculiar to the pendulum and to tuning - forks , and hence they are called simple or pendular vibrations . Partials . The ...
Page 112
... contain the proper tone of the membrane among their upper partial tones . Resonators . A great improvement , however , resulted from the substitution of the tympanum or drum of the ear itself for the membrane above described . Hollow ...
... contain the proper tone of the membrane among their upper partial tones . Resonators . A great improvement , however , resulted from the substitution of the tympanum or drum of the ear itself for the membrane above described . Hollow ...
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bassoon beats bell Cambridge cartilages cavity chords clarinet comma consonant corresponding Crown 8vo density Edition elasticity ELEMENTARY TREATISE English enharmonic equal temperament Eton College excited experiments Extra fcap fifth flame flute fork fundamental note give 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 Mathematical membrane metal method metres Minor Sixth minor third 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