A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 186
hned space that( iitinues after thes uue has ceased, un-til absorbed by theV ills, the furniture,the drapery, and theclothes of the audi-ence (Seealso Acous-tiis)—W. C. S. RESISTANCE. The jiiiwer of any sub-stance, as buihlingmaterial, to resistforces, such as Com-pression, Cross Break-ing, Shear,… … Reredos, Fig. 2. S. Thomass Church, Salisbury, c. 1450. body, has a frequency agreeing with the naturalrate of vibration of the body. In architecturalacoustics, the increased loudness of a note whosevibration frequency agrees with one of the natu-ral rates of vibration of the air contained in…
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