Treatise on Acoustics The First Comprehensive English Translation of E.F.F. Chladni's Traité d’Acoustique /

• Main Author: Chladni, E.F.F (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Physics.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Animal physiology.; Acoustics.; Acoustical engineering.; Engineering Acoustics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Animal Physiology.

This is the first comprehensive translation of the expanded French version of E.F.F. Chladni’s Traité d’Acoustique, using Chladni's 1802 Die Akustik for reference and clarification. Chladni’s experiments and observations with sound and vibrations profoundly influenced the development of the fie...

Table of Contents:

• PART I Numerical Ratios of Vibrations Primary Ratios
• PART II: Characteristic Vibrations of Sounding Bodies
• General Remarks
• PART III The Propagation of Sound
• On the Propagation of Sound through Air and through Other Gaseous Fluids
• PART IV On The Sensation Of Sound Or Hearing
• Human Hearing.