VIII. Acoustics. IX. Optics, formal and physical. X. Thermotics and atmology. XI. Electricity. XII. Magnetism. XIII. Galvanism, or Voltaic electricity. XIV. Chemistry. XV. Mineralogy. XVI. Systematic botany and zoology. XVII. Physiology and comparative anatomy. XVIII. Geology. Additions to the 3d edD. Appleton, 1858 - Science |
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... observed at an early period of acoustical knowledge , that one string might give several sounds . Mersenne and others . 8 Ann . Phys . et Chim . t . iii . p . 288. Brit . Ass . Reports for 1844 , p . 361 . had noticed ' that when a ...
... observed at an early period of acoustical knowledge , that one string might give several sounds . Mersenne and others . 8 Ann . Phys . et Chim . t . iii . p . 288. Brit . Ass . Reports for 1844 , p . 361 . had noticed ' that when a ...
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... observed as a new fact in England in 1674 , and communi- cated to the Royal Society by Wallis . But the later observers as- certained further , that the longer string divides itself into two , or into three equal parts , separated by ...
... observed as a new fact in England in 1674 , and communi- cated to the Royal Society by Wallis . But the later observers as- certained further , that the longer string divides itself into two , or into three equal parts , separated by ...
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... observation , but it obviously points to the theory , that the sound of a pipe consists of pulses which travel back ... observed depend- ence of the note on the length of the pipe . The subject does not appear to have been again taken ...
... observation , but it obviously points to the theory , that the sound of a pipe consists of pulses which travel back ... observed depend- ence of the note on the length of the pipe . The subject does not appear to have been again taken ...
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... observed that both these modes of treating the matter come very near to what we have stated as Newton's theory ; for though Bernoulli supposes all the air in the flute to be moved at once , and not successively , as by Newton's pulse ...
... observed that both these modes of treating the matter come very near to what we have stated as Newton's theory ; for though Bernoulli supposes all the air in the flute to be moved at once , and not successively , as by Newton's pulse ...
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... observation , the forms of the Nodal Surfaces which divide solid bodies , and masses of air , when in a state of ... observed by Chladni ; ' and the several notes which , according to his calculation , the same ring ought to give ...
... observation , the forms of the Nodal Surfaces which divide solid bodies , and masses of air , when in a state of ... observed by Chladni ; ' and the several notes which , according to his calculation , the same ring ought to give ...
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