tion>John Tyndall
Sound
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066215651
Table of Contents
§ 1. Introduction: Character of Sonorous Motion. Experimental Illustrations
§ 2. Experiments in Vacuo, in Hydrogen, and on Mountains
§ 3. Intensity of Sound. Law of Inverse Squares
§ 4. Confinement of Sound-waves in Tubes
§ 5. The Reflection of Sound. Resemblances to Light
§ 7. Diffraction of Sound: illustrations offered by great Explosions
§ 8. Velocity of Sound: relation to Density and Elasticity of Air
§ 9. Theoretic Velocity calculated by Newton Laplace’s Correction
§ 10. Ratio of Specific Heats of Air deduced from Velocity of Sound
§ 11. Mechanical Equivalent of Heat deduced from Velocity of Sound
§ 12. Absence of Radiative Power of Air deduced from Velocity of Sound
§ 13. Velocity of Sound through Gases, Liquids, and Solids
§ 14. Hooke’s Anticipation of the Stethoscope
NOTE ON THE DIFFRACTION OF SOUND
§ 2. Musical Sounds produced by Taps
§ 3. Musical Sounds produced by Puffs
§ 4. Musical Sounds produced by a Tuning-fork
§ 6. Definition of Pitch: Determination of Rates of Vibration
§ 7. The Siren: Analysis of the Instrument
§ 8. Determination of Wave-lengths: Time of Vibration
§ 10. Limits of the Ear; and of Musical Sounds
§ 11. Drum of the Ear. The Eustachian Tube
§ 12. Helmholtz’s Double Siren
§ 13. Transmission of Musical Sounds by Liquids and Solids
§ 1. Vibrations of Strings: Use of Sound-Boards
§ 2. Laws of Vibrating Strings
§ 4. Mechanical Illustrations of Damping Various Points of Vibrating Cord
§ 6. Application of Mechanical Illustrations to Musical Strings
