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...when the sounds are faint. König’s observations and theories. Beat-tones Also known as combination tones; additional notes heard when two different musical tones are played simultaneously.. The wave-siren. The quality of musical sounds as it depends on overtones original: "upper partials". Willis’s theory of vowel sounds. Artificial imitations. Helmholtz’s version of the theory. No real inconsistency. Relative pitch characteristics versus fixed pitch characteristics. Auerbach’s results. Evidence from the phonograph. Hermann’s conclusions. His analysis of the vowel "A." Comparison of results by various writers. In Lloyd’s view, double resonance is fundamental. Is the fundamental tone original: "prime tone" present? Helmholtz’s imitation of vowels using tuning forks original: "forks". Hermann’s experiment. Whispered vowels.]
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| Note to Section (§) 86¹ | 479 |
| Appendix to Chapter (Ch.) V.¹ | 480 |
On the vibrations of complex original: "compound" systems when the vibrations original: "amplitudes" are large original: "not infinitely small". | |
| Note to Section (§) 273² | 486 |
| Appendix A. (Section [§] 307)² | 487 |
On the correction for an open end A mathematical adjustment used in acoustics to account for the behavior of sound waves as they exit a pipe or tube.. | |
| Index of Authors | 492 |
| Index of Subjects | 496 |
Volume (Vol.) I, page (p.) 407, footnote. Add a reference to Chree, Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society original: "Camb. Phil. Trans.", Volume 14, page 250, 1887.
Volume (Vol.) II, page (p.) 46, for A. König read W. König.
Volume (Vol.) II, page (p.) 236, footnote. Add a reference to Gray and Mathews, Treatise on Bessel Functions original: "Bessel’s Functions"; a set of mathematical solutions used to describe the behavior of waves and vibrations., Macmillan, 1895.