 | 1832 - 618 str.
...analogy to that in which the vibrations of the air affect our auditory nerves with that of sound. 6. That as, in the doctrine of sound, the frequency of the...the pitch, or note ; so, in the theory of light, the frequencies of the pulses, or number of impulses made on our nerves in a given time by the sethereal... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1832 - 402 str.
...to that in which tbjn'vibrations of the air affect our auditory nerves with that of sound. 6. That as, in the doctrine of sound, the frequency of the...rest, made by each molecule of the air, determines the pilch, or note, — so, in the theory of light, the frequency of the pulses, or number of impulses... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 720 str.
...The colour and brightness of light are explained by a similar analogy. For, according to the theory of sound, the frequency of the aerial pulses, or the...of the air, determines the pitch, or note; so, in this theory of light, the frequency of the pulses, or number of impulses, made on our nerves in a given... | |
 | William Mackenzie - 1841 - 326 str.
...undulatory theory requires us to admit a very considerable number of postulates, and among the rest, that as in the doctrine of sound the frequency of the aerial pulses, or the number of excursions to and fro made by each molecule of the air, determines the pitch or note, so in the theory of light the frequency... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 644 str.
...analogy to that in which the vibrations of the air affect our auditory nerves with that of sound. 6. That as, in the doctrine of sound, the frequency of the...pulses, or the number of excursions to and fro from the point of rest made by each molecule of the air, determines the pitch or note ; so, in the theory... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1856 - 726 str.
...doctrine of sound, the frequency of the aerial puiser, or the number of excursions to and fro from the point of rest made by each molecule of the air, determines...or number of impulses made on our nerves in a given lime by the ethereal molecules next in contact with them, determines the color of the light ; and that... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - 1866 - 972 str.
...to that in which the vibrations of the air affect our auditory nerves with that of sound. 6. ' That as, in the doctrine of sound, the frequency of the...pulses, or the number of excursions, to and fro, from the point of rest made by each molecule of the air, determines the pitch or note ; so, in the theory... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1866 - 968 str.
...that in which the vibrations of the air affect our auditory nerves with that of sound. 6. ' That ns, in the doctrine of sound, the frequency of the aerial...pulses, or the number of excursions, to and fro, from the point of rest made by each molecule of the air, determines the pitch or note ; so, in the theory... | |
 | Forbes Winslow - 1867 - 332 str.
...analog}- to that in which the vibrations of the air affect our auditory nerves with that of sound. 6. That as, in the doctrine of sound, the frequency of the...pulses, or the number of excursions to and fro, from the point of rest made by each molecule of the air, determines the pitch, or note; so, in the theory... | |
 | What - 1869 - 220 str.
...analogy to that in which the vibrations of the air affect our auditory nerves with that of sound. " That, as in the doctrine of sound, the frequency of the...or note, so in the theory of light the frequency of pulses, or number of impulses, made on our nerves in a given time by the ethereal molecules next in... | |
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... point of rest made by each molecule of the air, determines the pitch or note ; so, in the theory of light, the frequency of the pulses, or number of impulses made on our nerves in a given time by the ethereal molecules next in contact with them, determines... 
