Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903 · Boston, London, Ginn · leaf 224
al sound dependsupon the rapidity of the rotation, i.e.upon the frequency of the taps. Experiment 3. — Hold the orifice of atube B so as to blow through the holesas they pass. When rotating slowly,separate puffs, from which it hardlyseems possible to construct a musicalsound, are heard. When,… … 208 MOLAE DYNAMICS. ear per second. If the source of the sounds-waves and the receiv-ing ear be both stationary, the pitch depends upon the frequencyof vibration, or wave-length; i.e. the greater the number ofvibrations per second, or the shorter the wave-length, the higherthe pitch. Since pitch…
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