The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 - 908 pages |
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Page 84
... means uniformly maintained . Among the Romans acclamation was varied both in form and purpose . At marriages it was usual for the spectators to shout Io Hymen , Hymenae , or Talassio ; a victorious army or general was greeted with Io ...
... means uniformly maintained . Among the Romans acclamation was varied both in form and purpose . At marriages it was usual for the spectators to shout Io Hymen , Hymenae , or Talassio ; a victorious army or general was greeted with Io ...
Page 87
... means of detecting them . It is also It is also impossible to determine how far the effects described are produced by spontaneous favourable variations or by the direct action of local conditions ; but it is probable that in every case ...
... means of detecting them . It is also It is also impossible to determine how far the effects described are produced by spontaneous favourable variations or by the direct action of local conditions ; but it is probable that in every case ...
Page 100
... means of an air - pump ( the clock - work apparatus having been separated from the plate of the pump by means of a pad- ding of soft cotton ) , the sound grows gradually fainter , and at last becomes inaudible when the rarefaction of ...
... means of an air - pump ( the clock - work apparatus having been separated from the plate of the pump by means of a pad- ding of soft cotton ) , the sound grows gradually fainter , and at last becomes inaudible when the rarefaction of ...
Page 105
... means therefore , of an indirect character , to which we will refer hereafter , have been resorted to for deter- mining the velocity of sound in solids . Thus Wertheim , from the pitch of the lowest notes produced by longitudinal ...
... means therefore , of an indirect character , to which we will refer hereafter , have been resorted to for deter- mining the velocity of sound in solids . Thus Wertheim , from the pitch of the lowest notes produced by longitudinal ...
Page 108
... means of harmony . which they admit of being experimentally established . The chief of these laws are as follow : - Ratios of vibrations . to certain definite and invariable ratios between the num- bers of vibrations performed in a ...
... means of harmony . which they admit of being experimentally established . The chief of these laws are as follow : - Ratios of vibrations . to certain definite and invariable ratios between the num- bers of vibrations performed in a ...
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