A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 21
reflected soundmeets the oncoming sound, after havingtraversed a path one half a wave length greaterthan that of the sound that it is meeting. Thetwo therefore neutralize each other, and ap-pro.ximate silence results. At a distance ofone half wave length from tlie wall the pathdifference is a whole… … ACCOUPLEME.ST OF PlLASTEBS ; CHURCH OF S. GlOKUIO M.VlidUlUK, VENICE. Chinese Sea, where tlie tidal wave coming roundthe .southern end of the Pliilippiue Islands,arrives six hours behind the wave tliat comesround the northern cud. Thu.s, high tide byone coincides with low tide by the other, and…
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