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... MOTION . INTERFERENCE . 4. PITCH . MODES OF DETERMINATION AND MEASUREMENT . STANDARDS OF PITCH . 5. NATURE OF MUSICAL TONE . QUALITY . RESULTANT TONES . 6. EFFECTS OF HEAT . ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE . MOISTURE . 2 ON SOUND .
... MOTION . INTERFERENCE . 4. PITCH . MODES OF DETERMINATION AND MEASUREMENT . STANDARDS OF PITCH . 5. NATURE OF MUSICAL TONE . QUALITY . RESULTANT TONES . 6. EFFECTS OF HEAT . ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE . MOISTURE . 2 ON SOUND .
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... determined with certainty by damping the exact point at which one of the nodes is situated , and exciting the string in the position of a loop or ventral segment . The corresponding nodal points throughout its length will thus be ...
... determined with certainty by damping the exact point at which one of the nodes is situated , and exciting the string in the position of a loop or ventral segment . The corresponding nodal points throughout its length will thus be ...
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... determined . If , after striking , the hand be quickly removed , a second note is heard to follow the first at the interval of an octave above . In the former case the pipe vibrates as what is termed a stopped pipe , with one end closed ...
... determined . If , after striking , the hand be quickly removed , a second note is heard to follow the first at the interval of an octave above . In the former case the pipe vibrates as what is termed a stopped pipe , with one end closed ...
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... determined by the method first named as a means of exciting musical oscillation in a pipe , namely , by striking a slight blow with the palm of the hand on the upper orifice of the tube . The wave thus sent downwards is in- stantly ...
... determined by the method first named as a means of exciting musical oscillation in a pipe , namely , by striking a slight blow with the palm of the hand on the upper orifice of the tube . The wave thus sent downwards is in- stantly ...
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... determination somewhat doubtful . An ingenious application of the principle of propagation through solids occurs in Wheatstone's Telephone , exhibited at the Polytechnic Institution many years ago . A band of performers , with violin ...
... determination somewhat doubtful . An ingenious application of the principle of propagation through solids occurs in Wheatstone's Telephone , exhibited at the Polytechnic Institution many years ago . A band of performers , with violin ...
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acoustical alteration apparatus arytenoid cartilages bassoon beats bell cartilages cavity clarinet comma consonant corresponding density determined diameter diapason digitals disc distance double elastic enharmonic epiglottis equal equal temperament excited experiments Fahrenheit fifth fixed flame flat flute fork friction fundamental note give given harmonic harmonium heard heat Helmholtz human voice inch instrument intervals keyboard keys length longitudinal Lord Rayleigh lower major sixth major third means membrane metal method metres Minor Sixth minor third monochord motion musical sound musical tones named nodes number of vibrations oboe observed obtained octave ordinary organ orifice pendulum perfect perfect fifths pitch plate prime tone produced prongs ratio reed resonance rotating scale schismas segments semitone sharp sharpened simple siren sonorous source of sound string temperament temperature termed tonometer triad tube tuned tuning-fork unison upper partial tones velocity of sound vibration number violin wave wave-length wire