Tyndall, John, 1820-1893 · New York : Appleton · leaf 290
instantly close up, and form an apparentlycontinuous liquid arch several feet in height and span(shown in Fig. 144). As long as the proper note is main-tained the vein looks like a frozen band, so motionless ACTION OF SOUND ON OBLIQUE JETS. 281 does it appear. On stopping the fork the arch is… … this tuning-fork, also powerfully controls the vein. Thovoice does the same. On pitching it to a note of moder-ate intensity, it causes the wandering drops to gatherthemselves together. At a distance of twenty yards, thevoice is, to all appearance, as powerful in curbing the vein, 282 sound. and…
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