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bassoon beats bell Cambridge cartilages cavity chords clarinet comma consonant corresponding Crown 8vo density Edition elastic ELEMENTARY TREATISE English enharmonic equal temperament Eton College excited experiments Extra fcap fifth flame flute fork fundamental note give harmonic harmonium heard heat Helmholtz HISTORY human voice instrument intervals J. P. MAHAFFY John's College keyboard keys late Fellow LATIN length longitudinal Lord Rayleigh lower major Mathematical membrane metal method metres Minor Sixth minor third monochord motion musical tones named nodes number of vibrations numerous Illustrations oboe octave ordinary organ Owens College Oxford perfect perfect fifths pipe pitch plate prime tone produced Professor ratio reed resonance rotating scale schismas School semitone sharpened siren sixth sonorous source of sound stopped string temperament temperature termed tonometer tube tuned tuning-fork unison upper partial tones velocity of sound vibration number violin wave wave-length
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| Title | Elementary Lessons on Sound Elementary Lessons on Sound, William Henry Stone Macmillan's school class books |
| Author | William Henry Stone |
| Publisher | Macmillan & Company, 1879 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 5 Oct 2006 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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