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The object of the preceding part was to show how the characteristic vibrations of a sounding body and their relative frequencies are determined by the shape and by the other attributes of the body. But for the transmitted vibrations, which I will speak of here, it is necessary to look at the system of the body by which the sound is propagated, being of an indeterminate shape and size, and susceptible to vibrations in all directions and in all possible periods of time.
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The intensity of sound is the power transmitted per unit area.—TDR
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Also known as Boyle’s Law or the Boyle-Mariotte Law.—MAB
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A pre-metric system unit in France for measuring length, area, and volume.—RRB
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Quarries.—MAB
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The word aéronaute was coined in France in the late eighteenth century to describe the pilot (and, by association, the passengers) in a hot air balloon.—CBH
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Sounding vases.—MAB
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Present day architectural acousticians do not consider elliptical halls to be the “most advantageous” shape.—TDR
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Pantheon.—MAB
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Present day architectural acousticians would probably disagree with this statement as well.—TDR
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Chladni, E.F.F. (2015). Section 1: On the Propagation of Sound Through Air and Through Other Gaseous Fluids. In: Treatise on Acoustics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20361-4_14
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