Sketch of Prof. John Le Conte ; [and] Sensitive flames and sound-shadows (1889)
Stevens, W. Le Conte (Walter Le Conte), 1847-1927 · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 23
.Its shadow, therefore,just covered the secondpile, and included the in-termediate water, withthe middle part of eachtube. After an explosionthese protected partswere found to be un-broken, while the endswhich projected on the two sides beyond the shadow were com-pletely shattered (Fig. 2). The… … Fig. 2. SENSITIVE FLAMES AND SOUND-SHADOWS. 17 capable of producing such sharp shadows, Dr. Le Conte advanceswhat seems to be the only tenable theory, and one which equallyexplains the observations of Colladon on the clicking sound of adistant bell as heard in water. In the absence of any…
LeConte, John, 1818-1891 · Sound-waves
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