The Net Advance of Physics RETRO:
SOUND

Sonics and Acoustics in the Long Nineteenth Century.

Most material in Net Advance Retro antedates 1920. It may be obsolete or incorrect. For more recent technical information, please consult the Sound page at the regular Net Advance site.

• General: Introductory:
  • Elements of Acoustics, Light, and Heat by Wm. Lees [London: Wm. Collins, 1876]
  • Acoustics, Light, and Heat; intended as an Introduction to the Study of Physical Science adapted to the Requirements of Science and Art Department (Elementary Stage), and Various Other Examining Bodies by Thomas W. Piper [London: Geo. Philip, 1880]
  • Sound, Light and Heat by Mark R. Wright [London: Longmans, Green, 1887]
  • Waves and Ripples in Water, Air, and Æther by Sir John Ambrose Fleming [London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1902]
  • Elementary Lessons in Heat, Light, & Sound by D. E. Jones [London: Macmillan, 1905]
  • A Short University Course in Electricity, Sound, and Light by R. A. Millikan and John Mills [Boston: Ginn, 1908]

• General: Advanced:
  • Traité d'acoustique by Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni [Paris: Courcier, 1809]
  • Neue Beyträge zur Akustik by Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni [Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1817]
  • A Text-Book of Physics, Volume II: Sound by J. H. Poynting and Sir J. J. Thomson [London: Griffin, 1906]

• General: Experimental Apparatus:
  • Instruments for Natural Philosophy: Acoustics by Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr. [Modern photographs of antique instruments.]
  • Instruments for Natural Philosophy: Rudolph Koenig's Acoustical Apparatus by Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr. [Modern photographs of antique instruments.]

• Type: MUSICAL:
  • Account of a New Musical Instrument, Called a Clavo-Cylinder by M[onsieur] Chladni [Belfast Monthly 3, 381 (1809 November 30)]
  • Sound and its Relation to Music by Clarence G. Hamilton [Boston: Ditson, 1912]

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