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Sound — Propagation of Sound illustrated by a Field of Standing Corn Nature of Waves — Propagation of Sound through the Atmosphere Intensity — Noises — A Musical Sound — Quality · Pitch - Extent of Human Hearing Velocity of Sound in Air ...
Sound — Propagation of Sound illustrated by a Field of Standing Corn Nature of Waves — Propagation of Sound through the Atmosphere Intensity — Noises — A Musical Sound — Quality · Pitch - Extent of Human Hearing Velocity of Sound in Air ...
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Objections to the Undulatory Theory , from a difference in the Action of Sound and Light under the same circumstances , removed — The Dispersion of Light according to the Undulatory Theory - Arago's final proof that the Undulatory ...
Objections to the Undulatory Theory , from a difference in the Action of Sound and Light under the same circumstances , removed — The Dispersion of Light according to the Undulatory Theory - Arago's final proof that the Undulatory ...
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... Heat , and Sound 257 SECTION XXVIII . . Common or Static Electricity , or Electricity of Tension - A Dual Power Methods of exciting it Attraction and Repulsion — Conduction Electrics and Non - electrics - Induction - Dielectrics ...
... Heat , and Sound 257 SECTION XXVIII . . Common or Static Electricity , or Electricity of Tension - A Dual Power Methods of exciting it Attraction and Repulsion — Conduction Electrics and Non - electrics - Induction - Dielectrics ...
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The air even on mountain tops is sufficiently rare to diminish the intensity of sound , to affect respiration , and to occasion a loss of muscular strength . The blood burst from the lips and ears of M. de Humboldt as he ascended the ...
The air even on mountain tops is sufficiently rare to diminish the intensity of sound , to affect respiration , and to occasion a loss of muscular strength . The blood burst from the lips and ears of M. de Humboldt as he ascended the ...
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... putting the sea into violent agitation as they pass , and carrying the water aloft by the force of gyration . Occasionally the eddies begin in the clouds and dip down to SECTION XVI . - Sound — Propagation of Sound illustrated.
... putting the sea into violent agitation as they pass , and carrying the water aloft by the force of gyration . Occasionally the eddies begin in the clouds and dip down to SECTION XVI . - Sound — Propagation of Sound illustrated.
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