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... lower limit , to be continuous with vibration as detectable by ordinary tactile sensation ; hence its exact musical com- mencement is rather indefinite . It is usually given at about thirty - two single , or sixteen double vibrations ...
... lower limit , to be continuous with vibration as detectable by ordinary tactile sensation ; hence its exact musical com- mencement is rather indefinite . It is usually given at about thirty - two single , or sixteen double vibrations ...
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... the free end , the lower bisecting the remainder of the rod . The order of the tones is that of the odd numbers 1 , 3 , 5 , & c . , thus resembling those of a stopped diapason pipe which will be MODES OF PRODUCTION OF SOUND . 15.
... the free end , the lower bisecting the remainder of the rod . The order of the tones is that of the odd numbers 1 , 3 , 5 , & c . , thus resembling those of a stopped diapason pipe which will be MODES OF PRODUCTION OF SOUND . 15.
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... lower extremities are firmly fixed . They are excited by vertical friction with the rosined fingers . A similar instrument furnished with glass tubes instead of wooden rods is occasionally to be heard in the streets of London ...
... lower extremities are firmly fixed . They are excited by vertical friction with the rosined fingers . A similar instrument furnished with glass tubes instead of wooden rods is occasionally to be heard in the streets of London ...
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... lower octaves with lead , are plucked by pins inserted in a revolving barrel . The " gongs " of American and other clocks are rods coiled into a flat spiral , attached to a heavy mass of metal at the fixed end , and firmly screwed to ...
... lower octaves with lead , are plucked by pins inserted in a revolving barrel . The " gongs " of American and other clocks are rods coiled into a flat spiral , attached to a heavy mass of metal at the fixed end , and firmly screwed to ...
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... lower sound is infinitely greater than in the case of strings . In those examined by Helmholtz , the number of vibrations of the first harmonic varied from 5.8 to 6.6 times that of the funda- mental ; the rates of the whole series being ...
... lower sound is infinitely greater than in the case of strings . In those examined by Helmholtz , the number of vibrations of the first harmonic varied from 5.8 to 6.6 times that of the funda- mental ; the rates of the whole series being ...
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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