 | Chemistry - 1878 - 300 pages
...means of which it receives the sonorous vibrations. From numerous experiments he inclines to the belief that the whole block increases and diminishes in size at all points, both in the centre and at the sides, in accordance with the form of the sonorous wave, and that this... | |
 | Electrical engineering - 1878 - 552 pages
...means of which it receives the sonorous vibrations. From numerous experiments he inclines to the belief that the whole block increases and diminishes in size at all points, both in the centre and at the sides, in accordance with the form of the sonorous wave, and that this... | |
 | Park Benjamin - Mechanical engineering - 1880 - 1184 pages
...differences arc owing to the fact that the substance of the body, under the influence of sound-waves, increases and diminishes in size at all points in the centre as well as at the surface, exactly in accordance with the sonorous wave by which that variation has been produced.... | |
 | Park Benjamin - Mechanical engineering - 1880 - 1004 pages
...differences are owing to the fact that the substance of the body, under the influence of sound-waves, increases and diminishes in size at all points in the centre as well as at the surface, exactly in accordance with the sonorous wave by which that variation has been produced.... | |
 | 1885 - 1076 pages
...alone (having no depth), could not bodily quit its mass. In fact, there must have been a movement to a certain depth ; and I am inclined to believe, from...experiments, that the whole block increases and diminishes iu size at EXHIBIT HUGHES JUNE 8, 1878, ARTICLE. 149 all points, in the centre as well as the surface,... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1878 - 746 pages
...alone (having no depth), could not bodily quit its mass. In fact, there must have been a movement to a certain depth ; and I am inclined to believe, from...sonorous wave. Confining our attention, however, to the points A and B, how can this increased molecular size or form produce a change in the electrical... | |
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... this upper piece B when pressure is removed proves that a blow, pressure, or upheaval of the lower portion takes place : that this takes place there cannot be any doubt, as the surface, considered alone (having no depth), could not bodily quit its... 