On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 134
... transmitted depends upon the elasticity of the medium through which it has to pass , whatever tends to increase the elasticity of the air must also accelerate the motion of sound . On that account its velocity is greater in warm than in ...
... transmitted depends upon the elasticity of the medium through which it has to pass , whatever tends to increase the elasticity of the air must also accelerate the motion of sound . On that account its velocity is greater in warm than in ...
Page 135
... transmitted all round buildings or other obstacles , so as to be heard in every direction , though often with a considerable diminution of intensity , as when a carriage turns the corner of a street . The velocity of sound in passing ...
... transmitted all round buildings or other obstacles , so as to be heard in every direction , though often with a considerable diminution of intensity , as when a carriage turns the corner of a street . The velocity of sound in passing ...
Page 139
... transmitted in the same direction , it follows that one undulation may be absolutely destroyed by another when waves of the same length are transmitted in the same direction , provided that the maxima of the undulations are equal , and ...
... transmitted in the same direction , it follows that one undulation may be absolutely destroyed by another when waves of the same length are transmitted in the same direction , provided that the maxima of the undulations are equal , and ...
Page 141
... transmit a succession of equal waves along it , they will be successively reflected when they arrive at the other end of the rope by the fixed point , and in returning they will occasionally interfere with the advancing waves ; and , as ...
... transmit a succession of equal waves along it , they will be successively reflected when they arrive at the other end of the rope by the fixed point , and in returning they will occasionally interfere with the advancing waves ; and , as ...
Page 144
... transmit sound . Rods , surfaces , and , in general , all undulating bodies , resolve themselves into nodes . But in surfaces the parts which remain at rest during their vibrations are lines which are curved or plane according to the ...
... transmit sound . Rods , surfaces , and , in general , all undulating bodies , resolve themselves into nodes . But in surfaces the parts which remain at rest during their vibrations are lines which are curved or plane according to the ...
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