UID:
edocfu_9960119692302883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 326 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
0-486-14043-1
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1-139-05808-8
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1-62198-618-7
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Physical sciences
Content:
John William Strutt, third Baron Rayleigh (1842-1919), was an English physicist best known as the co-discoverer of the element argon, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904. Rayleigh graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1865 and after conducting private research was appointed Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics in 1879, a post which he held until 1884. These highly influential volumes, first published between 1877 and 1878, contain Rayleigh's classic account of acoustic theory. Bringing together contemporary research and his own experiments, Rayleigh clearly describes the origins and transmission of sound waves through different media. Volume 1 discusses the origin and transmission of sound waves in harmonic vibrations, the vibrations of bars, stretched strings, plates and membranes, through mathematical models and experimental discussions.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2011.
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Originally published: London: Macmillan and Co., 1877.
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DOVER BOOKS ON PHYSICS; Title Page; Copyright Page; HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION; PREFACE.; EDITORIAL NOTE FOR THE 1929 RE-ISSUE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I. - INTRODUCTION.; CHAPTER II. - HARMONIC MOTIONS.; CHAPTER III. - SYSTEMS HAVING ONE DEGREE OF FREEDOM.; CHAPTER IV. - VIBRATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL.; CHAPTER V. - VIBRATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTINUED.; CHAPTER VI. - TRANSVERSE VIBRATIONS OF STRINGS.; CHAPTER VII. - LONGITUDINAL AND TORSIONAL VIBRATIONS OF BARS.; CHAPTER VIII. - LATERAL VIBRATIONS OF BARS.; CHAPTER IX. - VIBRATIONS OF MEMBRANES.; CHAPTER X. - VIBRATIONS OF PLATES.
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CHAPTER X A. - CURVED PLATES OR SHELLS.CHAPTER X B. - ELECTRICAL VIBRATIONS.; APPENDIX. - ON PROGRESSIVE WAVES.; A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-03220-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-486-60292-3
Language:
English
