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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... pipes , S $ 59 , 60 - Deepest note obtainable from a pipe , § 61 - Relation between length of pipe and pitch of note , § 62 — Theory of re- sonance - boxes , § 63 - Flue - pipes and reed - pipes , § 64 - Construc- tion of flue - pipes ...
... pipes , S $ 59 , 60 - Deepest note obtainable from a pipe , § 61 - Relation between length of pipe and pitch of note , § 62 — Theory of re- sonance - boxes , § 63 - Flue - pipes and reed - pipes , § 64 - Construc- tion of flue - pipes ...
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... pipes , which are used in large establishments to enable a conversation to be carried on between distant parts of a building . A whisper , inaudible to a person close to the speaker , may , by their means , be perfectly well heard by a ...
... pipes , which are used in large establishments to enable a conversation to be carried on between distant parts of a building . A whisper , inaudible to a person close to the speaker , may , by their means , be perfectly well heard by a ...
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... much exceed the limits of what could be achieved by the very finest ear . We shall , however , be well within the mark if we assume 58 [ II . § 29 . LIMITS OF MUSICAL SOUNDS . § 58-Modes of segmental vibration in stopped and open pipes,
... much exceed the limits of what could be achieved by the very finest ear . We shall , however , be well within the mark if we assume 58 [ II . § 29 . LIMITS OF MUSICAL SOUNDS . § 58-Modes of segmental vibration in stopped and open pipes,
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... pipe is produced by a note one octave below that to which an open pipe of the same length resounds the most powerfully . 40. In order to ascertain the precise relation between the 76 [ III . § 39 . RESONANT AIR - COLUMNS .
... pipe is produced by a note one octave below that to which an open pipe of the same length resounds the most powerfully . 40. In order to ascertain the precise relation between the 76 [ III . § 39 . RESONANT AIR - COLUMNS .
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... pipe closed at one end . Let A , Fig . 23 , be the open , and B the closed , ends of the pipe , and let us , for a moment , replace the contained air by an elastic spiral spring fastened at B , and of length equal to AB . Fig.23 . B ...
... pipe closed at one end . Let A , Fig . 23 , be the open , and B the closed , ends of the pipe , and let us , for a moment , replace the contained air by an elastic spiral spring fastened at B , and of length equal to AB . Fig.23 . B ...
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