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... , ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY • PRESSURE , MOISTURE , 127 CHAPTER VII .. SCALES , CHORDS , TEMPERAMENT , AND TUNING 134 CHAPTER VIII . SPECIAL APPLICATIONS TO MUSIC - THE EAR AND VOICE 161 FIG . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE 7 8 • viii CONTENTS .
... , ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY • PRESSURE , MOISTURE , 127 CHAPTER VII .. SCALES , CHORDS , TEMPERAMENT , AND TUNING 134 CHAPTER VIII . SPECIAL APPLICATIONS TO MUSIC - THE EAR AND VOICE 161 FIG . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE 7 8 • viii CONTENTS .
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... Tuning - fork mounted on a Sounding - box . 12 . Vibrations of a Plate . 13. Nodal Lines of Vibrating Circular , or Polygonal Plates , according to Chladni and Savart . 14. - Nodes and Segments of a Vibrating Bel ! 15. - Section of a ...
... Tuning - fork mounted on a Sounding - box . 12 . Vibrations of a Plate . 13. Nodal Lines of Vibrating Circular , or Polygonal Plates , according to Chladni and Savart . 14. - Nodes and Segments of a Vibrating Bel ! 15. - Section of a ...
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... Tuning - forks in Unison 43.- Combination of Two Rectangular Vibratory Movements 44. - Optical Curves . The Octave , Fourth , and Fifth 45. - Open Tube , with Manometric Flame 46. - Apparatus for the Comparison of the Vibratory Move ...
... Tuning - forks in Unison 43.- Combination of Two Rectangular Vibratory Movements 44. - Optical Curves . The Octave , Fourth , and Fifth 45. - Open Tube , with Manometric Flame 46. - Apparatus for the Comparison of the Vibratory Move ...
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... Tuning - fork , & c . 2. Distributors : - Air Wood Metal Speaking - tubes , Stethoscopes . Sounding Rods . Wires . 3. Pugging of floors , Dampers of Pianofortes . 4. Reservoirs , Resonators , Organ Pipes , Sounding - boards . 5 ...
... Tuning - fork , & c . 2. Distributors : - Air Wood Metal Speaking - tubes , Stethoscopes . Sounding Rods . Wires . 3. Pugging of floors , Dampers of Pianofortes . 4. Reservoirs , Resonators , Organ Pipes , Sounding - boards . 5 ...
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... TUNING . 8. THE EAR AND VOICE . SPECIAL APPLICATIONS TO MUSIC . The whole subject naturally and more concisely divideg itself into - 1 . Mechanical ; 2. Theoretical considerations ; 3. Practical applications . It is , however , to be ...
... TUNING . 8. THE EAR AND VOICE . SPECIAL APPLICATIONS TO MUSIC . The whole subject naturally and more concisely divideg itself into - 1 . Mechanical ; 2. Theoretical considerations ; 3. Practical applications . It is , however , to be ...
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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