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... Fifth 5. - Open Tube , with Manometric Flame 86 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 6. - Apparatus for the Comparison of the Vibratory Move- ments of Two Sonorous Tubes 95 7. Manometric Flames . Fundamental Note , and the Octave above the Fundamental ...
... Fifth 5. - Open Tube , with Manometric Flame 86 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 6. - Apparatus for the Comparison of the Vibratory Move- ments of Two Sonorous Tubes 95 7. Manometric Flames . Fundamental Note , and the Octave above the Fundamental ...
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... fifth the major seventeenth . The harmonic always slightly precedes the fundamental tone . Speaking generally , a string vibrating transversally can only sound on the condition that it gives two transversal tones , the sharper of which ...
... fifth the major seventeenth . The harmonic always slightly precedes the fundamental tone . Speaking generally , a string vibrating transversally can only sound on the condition that it gives two transversal tones , the sharper of which ...
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... fifth of the length from 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 VIDIUDAH JIRDADIES resembling those of a stopped diapason pipe which will ...
... fifth of the length from 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 VIDIUDAH JIRDADIES resembling those of a stopped diapason pipe which will ...
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... brass would be about a fifth lower in pitch than if the material were steel . " - Lord Rayleigh , Theory of Sound . P. 220 . possesses another property which is extremely valuable for theoretical investigations 22 LCHAP . ON SOUND .
... brass would be about a fifth lower in pitch than if the material were steel . " - Lord Rayleigh , Theory of Sound . P. 220 . possesses another property which is extremely valuable for theoretical investigations 22 LCHAP . ON SOUND .
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... fifth of length from the open end , the second dividing the lower four - fifths into two equal parts . In any case , the stopped end must be a node , so that the second form of vibration of the open pipe , and all others which would ...
... fifth of length from the open end , the second dividing the lower four - fifths into two equal parts . In any case , the stopped end must be a node , so that the second form of vibration of the open pipe , and all others which would ...
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bassoon beats bell Cambridge cartilages cavity chords clarinet comma consonant corresponding Crown 8vo density Edition elastic 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 sixth 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 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
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