Sound: A Series of Simple, Entertaining, and Inexpensive Experiments in the Phenomena of Sound : for the Use of Students of Every Age |
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A-fork ball beats block blow bottle brate cardboard cause centi centimetres centre CHAPTER circle CO-VIBRATION compound sound cone cork curve diameter disk divide dots double pendulum draw drum-skin edge EXPERIMENT fastened feet figure flame funnel gamut give glass tube harmonic harmonic series heliostat holes horizontal inches length loudest ment metres millimetres mirror monic motion mouth move musical musical scale nodal line number of vibrations octave paper periments piece pipe piston pitch plate prongs pull rarefactions reflected relative numbers resonant tube resound rest rotator rubber tube sand screen screw sensation shown in Fig side silica simple sounds sings siren slide slit sonometer sonorous vibrations sonorous waves sound of 66 square string swing tions trace trumpet tumbler tune tuning-fork turn upright velocity of sound vibrate the fork vibrating body vibrating fork vibrations per second whistle wire wooden