Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... regard to Vegetation XIV . Sound 14 18 28 35 44 45 47 53 64 • 65 68 82 94 96 98 100 XV . The Atmosphere XVI . Light XVII . The Ether . 107 . 109 . 118 XVIII . Recapitulation 121 BOOK II . COSMICAL ARRANGEMENTS I. The Structure of the.
... regard to Vegetation XIV . Sound 14 18 28 35 44 45 47 53 64 • 65 68 82 94 96 98 100 XV . The Atmosphere XVI . Light XVII . The Ether . 107 . 109 . 118 XVIII . Recapitulation 121 BOOK II . COSMICAL ARRANGEMENTS I. The Structure of the.
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... Sound . BESIDES the function which air discharges as the great agent in the changes of meteorology and vege- tation , it has another office , also of great and extensive importance , as the vehicle of sound . I. The communication of sound ...
... Sound . BESIDES the function which air discharges as the great agent in the changes of meteorology and vege- tation , it has another office , also of great and extensive importance , as the vehicle of sound . I. The communication of sound ...
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... sound through the air . The particles of air go and return through very minute spaces , and this vibratory motion runs through the atmosphere from the sounding body to the ear . Waves , not of elevation and depression , but of ...
... sound through the air . The particles of air go and return through very minute spaces , and this vibratory motion runs through the atmosphere from the sounding body to the ear . Waves , not of elevation and depression , but of ...
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... sound is communicated upwards and downwards , and in all intermediate directions , as well as horizontally ; hence the waves of sound are spherical , the point where the sound is produced being the centre of the sphere . This diffusion ...
... sound is communicated upwards and downwards , and in all intermediate directions , as well as horizontally ; hence the waves of sound are spherical , the point where the sound is produced being the centre of the sphere . This diffusion ...
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... sounds which proceed from them . Moreover it is found that we can judge of the position of objects by the ear : and this judgment seems to be formed by comparing the loudness of the impression of the same sound on the two ears and two ...
... sounds which proceed from them . Moreover it is found that we can judge of the position of objects by the ear : and this judgment seems to be formed by comparing the loudness of the impression of the same sound on the two ears and two ...
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