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Vibration 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 ...
Vibration 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 ...
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Vibration 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 ...
Vibration 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 ...
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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 identity of the velocity of light , at the distance of Jupiter , and on the earth's surface , shows that its velocity is uniform ; and as light consists in the vibrations of an elastic medium or ether filling space , the uniformity ...
The identity of the velocity of light , at the distance of Jupiter , and on the earth's surface , shows that its velocity is uniform ; and as light consists in the vibrations of an elastic medium or ether filling space , the uniformity ...
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The length of the pendulum vibrating seconds of mean solar time , in the latitude of London , forms the standard of the British measure of extension . Its approximate length oscillating in vacuo at the temperature of 62 ° of Fahrenheit ...
The length of the pendulum vibrating seconds of mean solar time , in the latitude of London , forms the standard of the British measure of extension . Its approximate length oscillating in vacuo at the temperature of 62 ° of Fahrenheit ...
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