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... Flames and Jets . - Musical Sand . - The Superposition of Waves . - INDEX . " The work • may be recommended to any one desirous of possessing an EASY UP - TO - DATE STANDARD TREATISE on Acoustics . " - Literature . " Very clearly ...
... Flames and Jets . - Musical Sand . - The Superposition of Waves . - INDEX . " The work • may be recommended to any one desirous of possessing an EASY UP - TO - DATE STANDARD TREATISE on Acoustics . " - Literature . " Very clearly ...
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... Vowel Sounds and to Singing Flames . In the latter very scanty justice was done in the earlier editions to the excellent work of Professor Barrett . June 1904 . 143198 PREFACE . THE following account of the phenomena of Sound.
... Vowel Sounds and to Singing Flames . In the latter very scanty justice was done in the earlier editions to the excellent work of Professor Barrett . June 1904 . 143198 PREFACE . THE following account of the phenomena of Sound.
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... Flames - Alteration of Pitch with Motion of Source or Observer - Musical Scale and Temperament CHAPTER IV . RESONANCE AND FORCED OSCILLATIONS . · 36-57 Resonance : Illustrations by Pendulums , Carriages , Bridges , and Musical ...
... Flames - Alteration of Pitch with Motion of Source or Observer - Musical Scale and Temperament CHAPTER IV . RESONANCE AND FORCED OSCILLATIONS . · 36-57 Resonance : Illustrations by Pendulums , Carriages , Bridges , and Musical ...
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... Flames - Sounding Tube - Sensitive Flames and Water - Jets - Musical Sand 134-145 CHAPTER X. THE SUPERPOSITION OF WAVES . Interference of Sound - Waves - Beats - Concord and Discord - Combina- tion Tones 146-158 INDEX · 160 LIST OF ...
... Flames - Sounding Tube - Sensitive Flames and Water - Jets - Musical Sand 134-145 CHAPTER X. THE SUPERPOSITION OF WAVES . Interference of Sound - Waves - Beats - Concord and Discord - Combina- tion Tones 146-158 INDEX · 160 LIST OF ...
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... flame . 23. Manometric flame PAGE 2 4 7 9 11 12 13 14 17 23 32 33 34 38 41 42 · 42 44 44 46 46 24. Flame pictures of the vowels OU , O , and A ( Kœnig ) 47 25. Alteration of pitch by motion 48 26 , 27. Forced vibration of a pendulum 61 ...
... flame . 23. Manometric flame PAGE 2 4 7 9 11 12 13 14 17 23 32 33 34 38 41 42 · 42 44 44 46 46 24. Flame pictures of the vowels OU , O , and A ( Kœnig ) 47 25. Alteration of pitch by motion 48 26 , 27. Forced vibration of a pendulum 61 ...
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amplitude axis beats Boilers BRYAN DONKIN cavity centre CHARLES GRIFFIN combination tones compression Crown 8vo curve of sines diameter diatonic scale disc displacement diagram dissonance distance disturbance drum Electrical energy Engineer equal EXETER STREET experiments fixed flame force fork frequency fundamental tone give given Handsome Cloth harmonic harmonic series heat holes instrument intervals Large 8vo layer length LIMITED LONDON CHARLES GRIFFIN longitudinal longitudinal waves loops Lord Rayleigh lower Marine membrane Metallurgy method mode of vibration motion moving musical nodal lines nodes observer obtained octave open end orifice overtones particle pendulum phase pipe piston pitch Plates position PRACTICAL Prof prong rarefaction ratio reed reflection represent resonance Revised scale simple harmonic motion stationary waves STRAND string superposition suppose swing temperature TEXT-BOOK tion transverse transverse waves tube tuning tuning-fork upper velocity of sound volume vowel wave-length Young's modulus
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