Cyclopadic Science SimplifiedF. Warne and Company, 1869 - 685 pages |
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Page 334
... length ; the others are re- spectively 100 , 200 , 400 , and 800 ft . in length . The two ends of each coil are attached to short thick wires , fixed to the upper faces of the cylinders , which serve to combine all the coils in one ...
... length ; the others are re- spectively 100 , 200 , 400 , and 800 ft . in length . The two ends of each coil are attached to short thick wires , fixed to the upper faces of the cylinders , which serve to combine all the coils in one ...
Page 495
... length of the wave of sound to which they refer a fact easily determined by the monochord already alluded to ( p . 485 , Fig . 435 ) . The last - named apparatus consists of a string or wire stretched by weights or a screw ( as in an ...
... length of the wave of sound to which they refer a fact easily determined by the monochord already alluded to ( p . 485 , Fig . 435 ) . The last - named apparatus consists of a string or wire stretched by weights or a screw ( as in an ...
Page 521
... length to observe that the sound was propagated far swifter through the wire than through the air . Professor Wunsch , of Berlin , made , in 1778 , a similar experiment , substituting 1,728 feet of wooden laths for the wire , and ...
... length to observe that the sound was propagated far swifter through the wire than through the air . Professor Wunsch , of Berlin , made , in 1778 , a similar experiment , substituting 1,728 feet of wooden laths for the wire , and ...
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