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... Simplicity of its Laws — Gravitation independent of the Magnitude and Distances of the Bodies Not impeded by the intervention of any Substance - Its Intensity invariable . General Laws Recapitulation and Conclusion 424 NOTES 429 .
... Simplicity of its Laws — Gravitation independent of the Magnitude and Distances of the Bodies Not impeded by the intervention of any Substance - Its Intensity invariable . General Laws Recapitulation and Conclusion 424 NOTES 429 .
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... with the cause producing them , like sympathetic notes in music , or vibrations from the deep tones of an organ . ... and make the diameter ( Note 1 ) of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the ...
... with the cause producing them , like sympathetic notes in music , or vibrations from the deep tones of an organ . ... and make the diameter ( Note 1 ) of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the ...
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The quality of a musical note depends upon the abruptness , and its intensity upon the violence and extent of the original impulse . In the theory of harmony the only property of sound taken into consideration is the pitch , which ...
The quality of a musical note depends upon the abruptness , and its intensity upon the violence and extent of the original impulse . In the theory of harmony the only property of sound taken into consideration is the pitch , which ...
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From his experiments he concluded that human hearing is limited to about nine octaves , extending from the lowest note of the organ to the highest known cry of insects ; and he observes with his usual originality that , “ as there is ...
From his experiments he concluded that human hearing is limited to about nine octaves , extending from the lowest note of the organ to the highest known cry of insects ; and he observes with his usual originality that , “ as there is ...
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This note was distinctly heard by M. Savart and by several people who were present , which convinced him that with another apparatus still more acute sounds might be rendered audible . For the deep tones M. Savart employed a bar of iron ...
This note was distinctly heard by M. Savart and by several people who were present , which convinced him that with another apparatus still more acute sounds might be rendered audible . For the deep tones M. Savart employed a bar of iron ...
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