... here the density being diminished, the elasticity remains the same. The velocity is directly proportional to the square root of the elasticity of the air, and inversely as the square root of the density. Sound, in fact, travels through different media... Sound, 8 lectures - Página 44por John Tyndall - 1875Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Alexander Wilford Hall - 1877 - 546 páginas
...applied to the air, which is equally applicable to all other kinds of sound-conductors, as follows: — "The velocity of sound in air depends on the elasticity of the air in relation to its density. The grealer'K the elasticity the swifter is the propagation; the greater the density the slower is the... | |
| Alexander Wilford Hall - 1880 - 544 páginas
...applied to the air,which is equally applicable to all other kinds of sound-conductors, as follows: — "The velocity of sound in air depends on the elasticity of the air in relation to its density. Tha greater -is the elasticity the swifter is the prvpagatitn; the greater the density the slower is... | |
| Charles Meymott Tidy - 1882 - 356 páginas
...It may be taken that the velocity increases about 2 feet for every 1° Cent. The velocity of sound depends on the elasticity of the air in relation to its density, it being directly proportional to the square root of the elasticity, but inversely proportional to... | |
| Charles Meymott Tidy - 1882 - 356 páginas
...It may be taken that the velocity increases about 2 feet for every 1° Cent. The velocity of sound depends on the elasticity of the air in relation to its density, it being directly proportional to the square root of the elasticity, but inversely proportional to... | |
| Edward Richard Shaw - 1887 - 488 páginas
...liquid weighs twice as much as an equal volume of water, the specific gravity of the liquid is 2. 5. " The velocity of sound in air depends on the elasticity of the the air in relation to its density. The greater the elasticity, the swifter is the propagation; the... | |
| David Kay (F.R.G.S.) - 1888 - 378 páginas
...highest audible sound, 38,000 vibrations a second, being a compass of 11 octaves." — Prof. Bain. 3 " The velocity of sound in air depends on the elasticity...the slower is the propagation. . . . The velocity of sound in water is more than four times its velocity in air. The velocity of sound in iron is seventeen... | |
| David Kay - 1888 - 388 páginas
...highest audible sound, 38,000 vibrations a second, being a compass of 11 octaves." — Prof. Bain. 3 " The velocity of sound in air depends on the elasticity...the slower is the propagation. . . . The velocity of sound in water is more than four times its velocity in air. The velocity of sound in iron is seventeen... | |
| 1912 - 540 páginas
...IN ANY MEDIUM. — The velocity of sound depends upon the elasticity and the density of the medium. The velocity is directly proportional to the square root of the elasticity of the medium and inversely proportional to the square root of the density. elasticity. Velocity^square... | |
| 1918 - 1340 páginas
...molecules over a hemispherical range. The general law which determines the velocity of a wave is that the velocity is directly proportional to the square root of the elasticity, and inversely as the square root of the density. In applying this law we have to make sure that we... | |
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