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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... rising and falling in a vertical straight line , but having no horizontal motion whatever1 . Thus , when we say that the waves advance hori- zontally , we mean , not that the masses of water of which they at any given instant consist ...
... rising and falling in a vertical straight line , but having no horizontal motion whatever1 . Thus , when we say that the waves advance hori- zontally , we mean , not that the masses of water of which they at any given instant consist ...
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... rise , in the way explained , to the hori- zontal transference of the depression along the line . The reader should observe that for no two con- secutive seconds does the kneeling row consist of exactly the same men , while in such ...
... rise , in the way explained , to the hori- zontal transference of the depression along the line . The reader should observe that for no two con- secutive seconds does the kneeling row consist of exactly the same men , while in such ...
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... rise , by their consequent varieties of position at any assigned moment , to the transmission of the form which we call a wave . Fig.7 When a series of continuous equal waves , such as those in Figure 7 , are being transmitted , each ...
... rise , by their consequent varieties of position at any assigned moment , to the transmission of the form which we call a wave . Fig.7 When a series of continuous equal waves , such as those in Figure 7 , are being transmitted , each ...
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... of drop - vibration gives rise to a special form of wave . We will show this by actually constructing the form of wave which answers to a given mode of drop - vibration 22 [ I. § 12 . VIBRATION - MODE AND WAVE - FORM .
... of drop - vibration gives rise to a special form of wave . We will show this by actually constructing the form of wave which answers to a given mode of drop - vibration 22 [ I. § 12 . VIBRATION - MODE AND WAVE - FORM .
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... rise to a special form of wave . It has now been sufficiently shown that corre- sponding to the three elements of a wave , ampli- tude , length , and form , there are three elements of its proper drop - vibration , extent , rate , and ...
... rise to a special form of wave . It has now been sufficiently shown that corre- sponding to the three elements of a wave , ampli- tude , length , and form , there are three elements of its proper drop - vibration , extent , rate , and ...
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