What the book is about
Part of a celebrated physics series by John Henry Poynting and J. J. Thomson (the discoverer of the electron). The volume on sound covers wave motion, the velocity of sound, vibrations of strings, rods, plates and air columns, and resonance.
Clear and concise, it shows how acoustics was integrated into the physics curriculum at the end of the nineteenth century.
Key ideas
- Velocity of sound
- Resonance
- Air columns
- Interference