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... wide extent of creation , and is the cause of the disturbances , as well as of the order of nature ; since every tremor it excites in any one planet B is immediately transmitted to the farthest limits of the system INTRODUCTION Page.
... wide extent of creation , and is the cause of the disturbances , as well as of the order of nature ; since every tremor it excites in any one planet B is immediately transmitted to the farthest limits of the system INTRODUCTION Page.
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is immediately transmitted to the farthest limits of the system , in oscillations which correspond in their periods with the cause producing them , like sympathetic notes in music , or vibrations from the deep tones of an organ .
is immediately transmitted to the farthest limits of the system , in oscillations which correspond in their periods with the cause producing them , like sympathetic notes in music , or vibrations from the deep tones of an organ .
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The oscillations of the pendulums were compared with an astronomical elock at each station , and the time was instantaneously transmitted from one to the other by a telegraphic wire . The oscillations were observed for more than 100 ...
The oscillations of the pendulums were compared with an astronomical elock at each station , and the time was instantaneously transmitted from one to the other by a telegraphic wire . The oscillations were observed for more than 100 ...
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... whereas in air , which is a compressible and elastic fluid , when one particle begins to oscillate , it communicates its vibrations to the surrounding particles , which transmit them to those adjacent , and so on continually .
... whereas in air , which is a compressible and elastic fluid , when one particle begins to oscillate , it communicates its vibrations to the surrounding particles , which transmit them to those adjacent , and so on continually .
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The intensity of sound depends upon the violence and extent of the initial vibrations of air ; but , whatever they may be , each undulation when once formed can only be transmitted straight forwards , and never returns back again unless ...
The intensity of sound depends upon the violence and extent of the initial vibrations of air ; but , whatever they may be , each undulation when once formed can only be transmitted straight forwards , and never returns back again unless ...
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| Title | On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
| Author | Mary Somerville |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1858 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 12 Apr 2012 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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