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Page 19
... late Loan Exhibition at South Kensington . It consists of a carved wooden box , having at the top a number of iron tongues , which the performer sets in vibration by means of his thumbs . This approaches nearly to the musical - box , in ...
... late Loan Exhibition at South Kensington . It consists of a carved wooden box , having at the top a number of iron tongues , which the performer sets in vibration by means of his thumbs . This approaches nearly to the musical - box , in ...
Page 29
... late been made of steel , but the common composition is of copper and tin , hence termed " bell- " or " gun - metal , " in the approximate proportions of six atoms of the former to one of the latter . This is equivalent to a percentage ...
... late been made of steel , but the common composition is of copper and tin , hence termed " bell- " or " gun - metal , " in the approximate proportions of six atoms of the former to one of the latter . This is equivalent to a percentage ...
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... late been tendered as to the action here set up . The flat plate of compressed air blown through the slit is compared to the elastic material of a vibrating reed . In passing across the orifice it momentarily produces a slight ...
... late been tendered as to the action here set up . The flat plate of compressed air blown through the slit is compared to the elastic material of a vibrating reed . In passing across the orifice it momentarily produces a slight ...
Page 42
... late a second form of the experiment has utilized the ordinary flame of coal - gas as a very delicate consonator and test for sounds produced extraneously in its neighbourhood . The former are termed singing , the latter sensitive ...
... late a second form of the experiment has utilized the ordinary flame of coal - gas as a very delicate consonator and test for sounds produced extraneously in its neighbourhood . The former are termed singing , the latter sensitive ...
Page 164
... late years shown to be always present in sound of a melodious quantity . It is very remark- able that the fact itself had been long ago discovered as a matter of Art and Esthetics , though the scientific solution 164 [ CHAP . ON SOUND .
... late years shown to be always present in sound of a melodious quantity . It is very remark- able that the fact itself had been long ago discovered as a matter of Art and Esthetics , though the scientific solution 164 [ CHAP . ON SOUND .
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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