The Theory of Sound, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

John William Strutt Rayleigh

9780483537323: The Theory of Sound, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0483537322 ISBN 13: 9780483537323

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Excerpt from The Theory of Sound, Vol. 2 of 2

Aerial vibrations in a rectangular chamber. Cubical box. Resonance of rooms. Rectangular tube. Composition of two equal trains of waves. Reflection by a rigid plane wall. [nodes and loops] Green's investiga tion of reflection and refraction of plane waves at a plane surface. Law of sines. Case of air and water. Both media gaseous. Fresnel's ex pression. Reflection at surface of air and hydrogen. Reflection from warm air. Tyndall's experiments. Total reflection. Reflection from a plate of finite thickness. [reflection from a corrugated surface. Case where the second medium is impenetrable.

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