On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesMurray, 1858 - 555 pages |
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... Sound in Air , Water , and Solids- Causes of the Obstruction of Sound - Law of its Intensity - Reflection of Sound Echoes Thunder - Refraction of Sound Interference of Sounds - - ― - 129 SECTION XVII . Vibration of Musical Strings - - ...
... Sound in Air , Water , and Solids- Causes of the Obstruction of Sound - Law of its Intensity - Reflection of Sound Echoes Thunder - Refraction of Sound Interference of Sounds - - ― - 129 SECTION XVII . Vibration of Musical Strings - - ...
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... Sound and Light under the same circumstances , removed — The Disper- sion of Light according to the Undulatory Theory - Arago's final proof that the Undulatory Theory is the Law of Nature - SECTION XXIV . 199 Chemical or Photographic ...
... Sound and Light under the same circumstances , removed — The Disper- sion of Light according to the Undulatory Theory - Arago's final proof that the Undulatory Theory is the Law of Nature - SECTION XXIV . 199 Chemical or Photographic ...
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... Sound - SECTION XXVIII . --- - - - - 257 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 - Tension ...
... Sound - SECTION XXVIII . --- - - - - 257 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 - Tension ...
Page 118
... 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 Andes ; and he experienced the same difficulty in kindling and maintaining a fire ...
... 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 Andes ; and he experienced the same difficulty in kindling and maintaining a fire ...
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... as they pass , and carrying the water aloft by the force of gyration . Occasionally the eddies begin in the clouds and dip down to the sea . Sound -- SECTION XVI . - Pitch - - Propagation 128 SECT . XV . WATERSPOUTS .
... as they pass , and carrying the water aloft by the force of gyration . Occasionally the eddies begin in the clouds and dip down to the sea . Sound -- SECTION XVI . - Pitch - - Propagation 128 SECT . XV . WATERSPOUTS .
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