Project Gutenberg 2017-06-23 Public domain in the USA. 268 Tyndall, John 1820 1893 Tyndal, John Sound Produced by Peter Vachuska, Chuck Greif, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Sound" by John Tyndall is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book delves into the principles and phenomena of acoustics, exploring topics such as the propagation of sound, the physics of sound waves, and the interaction of sound with different media. It aims to improve public knowledge of science, particularly focusing on the nature of sound. The beginning of "Sound" introduces the reader to the basic concepts of acoustics, emphasizing the significance of nerve transmission in perceiving sound. Tyndall explains how sound is produced and propagated, using experiments to illustrate the behavior of sound waves in various conditions, including vacuums and different gases. He discusses the role of air in sound transmission and the influence of temperature and pressure on sound characteristics, setting the stage for deeper explorations into the science of sound throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 55.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Sound QC Text Category: Science - Physics 945827 2025-07-22T05:19:04.818826 text/html 905874 2024-10-23T02:15:07 text/html 7756468 2025-07-22T05:19:19.790814 application/epub+zip 7765895 2025-07-22T05:19:08.349778 application/epub+zip 372491 2025-07-22T05:19:06.645818 application/epub+zip 8006860 2025-07-22T05:19:27.405689 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7921686 2025-07-22T05:19:17.743771 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552859 2022-09-25T01:39:12.073725 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 770291 2025-07-22T05:19:02.064850 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 750480 2024-10-23T02:15:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15621 2025-07-22T05:19:27.562694 application/rdf+xml 8536 2025-07-22T05:19:06.801779 image/jpeg 1863 2025-07-22T05:19:06.724787 image/jpeg 6249850 2025-07-22T05:19:05.280819 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia