 Robison and others had shewn that a quill held against a revolving toothed wheel, would produce a musical note by the rapid equidistant repetition of the snaps of the quill upon the teeth. For the quill I substituted a piece of watch-spring pressed lightly...  The Theory of Sound: In Two Volumes - Page 471by John William Strutt Baron Rayleigh - 1896Full view - About this book
 | Yale University. Psychological laboratory - Psychology - 1893 - 1008 pages
...other way, we may expect to hear vowels. ROHIXSON and others had shown that a quill held against a toothed wheel, would produce a musical note by the...grasped in a pair of pincers, so as to admit of any alteration in length of the vibrating portion. This system evidently produces a compound sound similar... | |
 | John William Strutt Baron Rayleigh - Sound - 1896 - 528 pages
...another reed applied to the same pipe it were repeated 340 times in a second, the pitch would be /, but the vowel still A". Hence it would appear that...grasped in a pair of pincers, so as to admit of any alteration in length of the vibrating portion. This system evidently produces a compound sound similar... | |
 | Yale University Psychology Laboratory - Psychology - 1899 - 538 pages
...other way, we may expect to hear vowels. ROBINSON and others had shown that a quill held against a toothed wheel, would produce a musical note by the...grasped in a pair of pincers, so as to admit of any alteration in length of the vibrating portion. This system evidently produces a compound sound similar... | |
 | Edward Wheeler Scripture - Phonetics - 1902 - 898 pages
...other way, we may expect to hear vowels. ROBIXSOX and others bad shown that a quill held against a toothed wheel would produce a musical note by the...grasped in a pair of pincers, so as to admit of any alteration in length of the vibrating portion. This system evidently produces a cornpound sound similar... | |
 | George Oscar Russell - English language - 1928 - 422 pages
...other way, we may expect to hear vowels. Robinson and others had shown that a quill held against a toothed wheel would produce a musical note by the...musical note of the spring, the spring being at the FIG. 14. Paget's Resonator for i (eat) Pitches 2579/322 same time grasped in a pair of pincers, so... | |
 | Cambridge Philosophical Society - Philosophy - 1830 - 524 pages
...mentioned, that vowels of this kind are to be found on both sides of these points, b, d, &c. (See No. 4.) Having shewn the probability that a given vowel is...grasped in a pair of pincers, so as to admit of any alteration in length of the vibrating portion. This system evidently produces a compound sound similar... | |
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