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... Fifth 45. - Open Tube , with Manometric Flame 46. - Apparatus for the Comparison of the Vibratory Move- ments of Two Sonorous Tubes 91 92 93 • 94 95 47. - Manometric Flames . Fundamental Note , and the Octave above the Fundamental Note ...
... Fifth 45. - Open Tube , with Manometric Flame 46. - Apparatus for the Comparison of the Vibratory Move- ments of Two Sonorous Tubes 91 92 93 • 94 95 47. - Manometric Flames . Fundamental Note , and the Octave above the Fundamental Note ...
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... fifth the major seventeenth . The harmonic always slightly precedes the fundamental tone . Speaking generally , a string vibrating transversally can only sound on the condition that it gives two transversal tones , the sharper of which ...
... fifth the major seventeenth . The harmonic always slightly precedes the fundamental tone . Speaking generally , a string vibrating transversally can only sound on the condition that it gives two transversal tones , the sharper of which ...
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... fifth of the length from the free end , the lower bisecting the remainder of the rod . The order of the tones is that of the odd numbers 1 , 3 , 5 , & c . , thus resembling those of a stopped diapason pipe which will be 1. ] 15 MODES OF ...
... fifth of the length from the free end , the lower bisecting the remainder of the rod . The order of the tones is that of the odd numbers 1 , 3 , 5 , & c . , thus resembling those of a stopped diapason pipe which will be 1. ] 15 MODES OF ...
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... brass would be about a fifth lower in pitch that if the material were steel . " -- Lord Rayleigh , Theory of Sound , p . 220 . possesses another property which is extremely valuable for theoretical investigations 22 [ CHAP . ON SOUND .
... brass would be about a fifth lower in pitch that if the material were steel . " -- Lord Rayleigh , Theory of Sound , p . 220 . possesses another property which is extremely valuable for theoretical investigations 22 [ CHAP . ON SOUND .
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... fifth of length from the open end , the second dividing the lower four - fifths into two equal parts . In any case , the stopped end must be a node , so that the second form of vibration of the open pipe , and all others which would ...
... fifth of length from the open end , the second dividing the lower four - fifths into two equal parts . In any case , the stopped end must be a node , so that the second form of vibration of the open pipe , and all others which would ...
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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