Sound: An Elementary Textbook on the Science of Sound and the Phenomena of Hearing |
Contents
PREFACE iii | 7 |
A BRIEF SURVEY OF ACOUSTIC PHENOMENA | 11 |
SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION 22 7 7 9 7 8 7 7 8 | 22 |
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absorption accelerations Acoustics amplitude antinode auditor bell Calculate cents Chapter Chladni figures cm per sec compressions and rarefactions cycles per second decibels density Diagram showing diameter diatonic scale difference diffraction displacement distance dyne per square elasticity equation example experiment Figure flame formula frequency Fresnel zones ft per sec fundamental Galton whistle give hearing Huyghens intensity level length Lissajous curve longitudinal mass maximum medium moves musical instruments musical sound nodal nodes noise observer octave open end organ pipe particle pitch plate position PROBLEMS prong pulse radius rarefaction ratio Rayleigh reflected sound Refraction resonator restoring force resultant reverberation right angles shown in Fig simple harmonic motion sound waves source of sound square centimeter standing waves tension Theory of Sound tone transmitted transverse waves travels tube tuning fork V₁ velocity of sound vibrating segments vibrating string wall wave-length