Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 218
ransmitted to the air throughthe plate of the pump.224. Sound is propag-ated in all elastic bodies.—If, in the aboveexperiment, any vapour or gas be admitted after the vacuum has been made,the sound of the bell will be heard, showing that sound is propagated in thismedium as in air. Sound is also… … Fig. 208. -225j Propagation of Sound in Air. 201 is, however, enfeebled, as a considerable portion is reflected at the boundaryof the two media. The conductibility of solids is such that the faint scratching of a pen orthe ticking of a watch at one end of a long horizontal wooden rod is heardmuch…
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