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... of Musical Strings — Harmonic Sounds — Nodes — Vibration of Air in Wind - Instruments - Vibration of Solids — Vibrating Plates Bells — Harmony - Sounding Boards — Forced Vibrations Resonance - Speaking Machines 140 - SECTION XVIII .
... of Musical Strings — Harmonic Sounds — Nodes — Vibration of Air in Wind - Instruments - Vibration of Solids — Vibrating Plates Bells — Harmony - Sounding Boards — Forced Vibrations Resonance - Speaking Machines 140 - SECTION XVIII .
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Electricity produced by Rotation — Direction of the Currents — Electricity from the Rotation of a Magnet — M. Arago's Experiment explained Rotation of a Plate of Iron between the Poles of a Magnet — Relation of Substances to Magnets of ...
Electricity produced by Rotation — Direction of the Currents — Electricity from the Rotation of a Magnet — M. Arago's Experiment explained Rotation of a Plate of Iron between the Poles of a Magnet — Relation of Substances to Magnets of ...
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( See Plate 1. ) This rapid rotation occasions a very great compression in his form . His equatorial axis exceeds his polar axis by 6000 miles , whereas the difference in the axes of the earth is only about twenty - six and a half .
( See Plate 1. ) This rapid rotation occasions a very great compression in his form . His equatorial axis exceeds his polar axis by 6000 miles , whereas the difference in the axes of the earth is only about twenty - six and a half .
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( See Plate 2. ) The mean distance of the interior part of the double ring from the surface of the planet is about 22,240 miles , it is no less than 33,360 miles broad , but , by the estimation of Sir John Herschel , its thickness does ...
( See Plate 2. ) The mean distance of the interior part of the double ring from the surface of the planet is about 22,240 miles , it is no less than 33,360 miles broad , but , by the estimation of Sir John Herschel , its thickness does ...
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The spherical form of rain - drops ; the difficulty of detaching a plate of glass from the surface of water ; the force with which two plane surfaces adhere when pressed together ; the drops that cling to the window - glass in a shower ...
The spherical form of rain - drops ; the difficulty of detaching a plate of glass from the surface of water ; the force with which two plane surfaces adhere when pressed together ; the drops that cling to the window - glass in a shower ...
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