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On the Sensations of Tone
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Author/Editor: Hermann Helmholtz
ISBN 10:0486607534
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This masterly treatment of classical acoustics embodies the great physicist's lifetime of research and presents his vast knowledge of the field in an easy-to-follow account. Among the topics explored: physical phenomena, the physiology of hearing, the relation of musical phenomena to physics, and his...  read more
 


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This masterly treatment of classical acoustics embodies the great physicist's lifetime of research and presents his vast knowledge of the field in an easy-to-follow account. Among the topics explored: physical phenomena, the physiology of hearing, the relation of musical phenomena to physics, and historical aspects of musical sound. Includes 68 figures.
Reprint of the original edition.

Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486607534
ISBN 13: 9780486607535
Author/Editor: Hermann Helmholtz
Format: Book
Page Count: 608
Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Publication date: June 1954

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