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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... tion of flue - pipes and quality of their sounds , § 65 - Mechanism of a reed ; timbre of an independent reed , and of a reed associated with a pipe , § 66 - Orchestral wind - instruments , § 67 - Mechan- ism of the human voice , § 68 ...
... tion of flue - pipes and quality of their sounds , § 65 - Mechanism of a reed ; timbre of an independent reed , and of a reed associated with a pipe , § 66 - Orchestral wind - instruments , § 67 - Mechan- ism of the human voice , § 68 ...
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... further conjecture that mo- tion of a material medium constitutes the mechanical impulse which , falling on the ear , excites within it the sensation we call Sound . Let us try to 4 CONNECTION OF SOUND WITH MOTION . [ I. § 2 .
... further conjecture that mo- tion of a material medium constitutes the mechanical impulse which , falling on the ear , excites within it the sensation we call Sound . Let us try to 4 CONNECTION OF SOUND WITH MOTION . [ I. § 2 .
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... tion are different . The more points we lay down in their proper positions in a and b , the less abrupt will be the changes of distance between successive points . By indefinitely increasing the number of vibrating points , we should ...
... tion are different . The more points we lay down in their proper positions in a and b , the less abrupt will be the changes of distance between successive points . By indefinitely increasing the number of vibrating points , we should ...
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... tion ; when transversely , to waves of displacement on opposite sides of the line of particles in their positions of rest . Nevertheless , if the vibrations in the two cases are identical in all other respects save direction alone , the ...
... tion ; when transversely , to waves of displacement on opposite sides of the line of particles in their positions of rest . Nevertheless , if the vibrations in the two cases are identical in all other respects save direction alone , the ...
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... tion of a tube closed at one end , with a moveable piston fitting into the other . In ( 1 ) the air on both sides of the piston is in the ordinary atmospheric condition , so that the pressure on the right face of the piston is ...
... tion of a tube closed at one end , with a moveable piston fitting into the other . In ( 1 ) the air on both sides of the piston is in the ordinary atmospheric condition , so that the pressure on the right face of the piston is ...
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