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Scientific amusements (1890)

Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 508

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oned MUSIC AND NOISE. 15 I some of the analogies between sound and light, and aswe proceed to consider sound, we will not lose sight o(the light we have just passed by. Sound is the influence of air in motion upon the hearingor auditory nerves. Light, as we have seen, is the etherin motion, the… … L. Pit of anti-helix, a, 6, lo. Curved edge of the auricle, 3. Mouth of auditorycanal. 4. Tragus. 5. Lobe. 7. Anti-helix. 8. Concha. 9. Anti-tragus. vibrations, create noise. Now, musical tones bear the samerelation to the ear as colours do to the eye. We musthave a certain number of vibrations of…

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