 It is to these tones, and not to the fundamental one, that our flame is sensitive. I utter a loud and sonorous u, the flame remains steady; I change the sound to o, the flame quivers ; I sound E, and now the flame is strongly affected.  A Text-book on Sound - Page 364by Edwin Henry Barton - 1908 - 687 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Tyndall - Sound - 1867 - 404 pages
...the flame quivers ; I sound E, and now the flame is strongly affected. I utter the words boot, boat, and beat in succession. To the first there is no response ; to the second, the flame starts ; but by the third it is thrown into greater commotion; the sound Ah! is still more powerful. Did we... | |
 | John Tyndall - Sound - 1867 - 372 pages
...the flame quivers ; I sound E, and now the flame is strongly affected. I utter the words boot, boat, and beat in succession. To the first there is no response ; to the second, the flame starts ; but by the third it is thrown into greater commotion ; the sound Ah ! is still more powerful. Did... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1868 - 354 pages
...vowel flame, because the different vowel sounds affect it differently. I utter the words boot, boat, and beat, in succession. To the first there is no response ; to the second, the flame starts ; but by the third it is thrown into violent commotion. The sound 'Ah ! ' is still more powerful, the... | |
 | William James Rolfe, Joseph Anthony Gillet - Physics - 1868 - 554 pages
...the flame quivers ; I sound E, and now the flame is strongly affected. 1 utter the words boot, boat, and beat in succession. To the first there is no response ; to the second, the flame starts ; but by the third it is thrown into greater commotion ; the sound Ah ! is still more powerful. Did... | |
 | William James Rolfe - Physics - 1868 - 328 pages
...the flame quivers ; I sound E, and now the flame is strongly affected. I utter the words boot, boat, and beat in succession. To the first there is no response ; to the second, the flame starts ; but by the third it is thrown into greater commotion ; the sound Ah ! is still more powerful. Did... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1869 - 386 pages
...the flame quivers ; when E is sounded, the flame is strongly affected. I utter the words boot, boat, and beat in succession. To the first there is no response...third it is thrown into greater commotion; the sound Ah! is still more powerful. Did we not know the constitution of vowel sounds this deportment would... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - Science - 1869 - 636 pages
...the flame quivers ; I sound E, and now the flame is affected strongly. I utter the words boot, boat, and beat in succession. To the first there is no response ; to the second, the flame starts ; but by the third it is thrown into violent commotion ; the sound Ah ! is still more powerful. When... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - Science - 1869 - 646 pages
...quivers ; I sound E, and now the flame is affected strongly. I utter the words boot, boat, and /-.•->' in succession. To the first there is no response ; to the second, the flame starts ; but by the third it is thrown into violent commotion ; the sound Ah I is still more powerful. When... | |
 | William James Rolfe - Physics - 1874 - 550 pages
...the flame quivers ; I sound E, and now the flame is strongly affected. I utter the words boot, boat, and beat in succession. To the first there is no response ; to the second, the flame starts ; but by the third it is thrown into greater commotion ; the sound Ah ! is still more powerful. Did... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1875 - 466 pages
...the flame quivers; when E is sounded, the flame is strongly affected. I utter the words boot, boat, and beat in succession. To the first there is no response; to the second, the flame starts; by the third is thrown into greater commotion ; the sound Ah I is still more powerful. Did we not know the constitution... | |
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