Text-book of general physics, for the use of colleges and scientific schools (1899)
Hastings, Charles Sheldon · Boston: Ginn & company · leaf 609
f that shown in Fig. 408. They have theusual harmonics of an open pipe, thechromatics and intermediate tones beingobtained by the use of pistons, as inthe cornet.Saxhorns have a compass of about threeoctaves, and being made in various sizes andkeys, furnish all the necessary foundationtones for the… … Fig. 408. shoulders of the performer. PART V.—LIGHT. CHAPTER XXXVI. NATURE AND PROPAGATION OF LIGHT. 540. Meaning of the Word Light. — The word light iscommonly used in two distinct senses: 1°, to designate thesensation which is characteristic of the organ of vision; and,2°, as the name for the…
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