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... Stopped pipes . Organ pipes c . Half - stopped pipes . D. Pipes with reeds . E. Mixtures and mutation stops . 2. Consonance boxes and vessels . ( 1. Trevelyan's rocker . VIII . Vibration 2. Sondhaus's experiment . caused by heat ) 3. Of ...
... Stopped pipes . Organ pipes c . Half - stopped pipes . D. Pipes with reeds . E. Mixtures and mutation stops . 2. Consonance boxes and vessels . ( 1. Trevelyan's rocker . VIII . Vibration 2. Sondhaus's experiment . caused by heat ) 3. Of ...
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... stopping it at one third , one a twelfth above the fundamental . These longitudinal vibrations are not affected by tension , as are the transverse , but are materially influenced by the substance of which the wire is made , and the ...
... stopping it at one third , one a twelfth above the fundamental . These longitudinal vibrations are not affected by tension , as are the transverse , but are materially influenced by the substance of which the wire is made , and the ...
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... 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 PRODUCTION OF SOUND .
... 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 PRODUCTION OF SOUND .
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William Henry Stone. resembling those of a stopped diapason pipe which will be described further on . The only instrument founded on this property of rods is but little known and rarely used , being more an acoustical curiosity than ...
William Henry Stone. resembling those of a stopped diapason pipe which will be described further on . The only instrument founded on this property of rods is but little known and rarely used , being more an acoustical curiosity than ...
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... stopped tube of the instrument , which is made to speak by slitting the straw upwards towards the knot for about an inch , thus leaving a tongue standing out and in a position to vibrate . The only instrument in which this primitive ...
... stopped tube of the instrument , which is made to speak by slitting the straw upwards towards the knot for about an inch , thus leaving a tongue standing out and in a position to vibrate . The only instrument in which this primitive ...
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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