Sound and Music: a Non-mathematical Treatise on the Physical Constitution of Musical Sounds and Harmony: Including the Chief Acoustical Discoveries of Professor Helmholtz |
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... half a minute , i . e . 38 strokes and 38 echoes . A little consideration will show that the sound traversed the cloister and returned to the point of its origination regularly once in each interval between a stroke and its echo . Since ...
... half a minute , i . e . 38 strokes and 38 echoes . A little consideration will show that the sound traversed the cloister and returned to the point of its origination regularly once in each interval between a stroke and its echo . Since ...
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... half as rapidly as a drop in ( 2 ) , and one third as rapidly as a drop in ( 3 ) . The rates of vibration in ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) , ( by which we mean the numbers of vibrations performed in any given interval of time ) are ...
... half as rapidly as a drop in ( 2 ) , and one third as rapidly as a drop in ( 3 ) . The rates of vibration in ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) , ( by which we mean the numbers of vibrations performed in any given interval of time ) are ...
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... half of the course and recover the lost ground in the second . Again , one may be in front over OAO , and the other over OBO , or each boy may pass , and be passed by , his competitor , repeatedly during the race . We may regard the ...
... half of the course and recover the lost ground in the second . Again , one may be in front over OAO , and the other over OBO , or each boy may pass , and be passed by , his competitor , repeatedly during the race . We may regard the ...
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... half - transparent , rim which surrounds its prongs when it is struck ; and to the touch , if , after striking the fork , we place a finger gently against one of the prongs . The harder we hit the fork the louder is its sound , and the ...
... half - transparent , rim which surrounds its prongs when it is struck ; and to the touch , if , after striking the fork , we place a finger gently against one of the prongs . The harder we hit the fork the louder is its sound , and the ...
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... half a tone each , and we are thus tempted to ignore the intervening degrees of pitch , or even to suppose them non - existent . The more perfect musical in- struments , such as the human voice or the violin , are as capable as the ...
... half a tone each , and we are thus tempted to ignore the intervening degrees of pitch , or even to suppose them non - existent . The more perfect musical in- struments , such as the human voice or the violin , are as capable as the ...
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