Vibrations

Examples

• Suppose a note of 800 vibrations per second is sung. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The needle, in passing rapidly in contact with the recorded waves, was vibrated up and down, causing corresponding vibrations of the diaphragm. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Seashells when held to the ear seem to contain the roar of the sea; this is because the air within the shell is set into sympathetic vibrations by some external tone. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• His work with his deaf and dumb pupils was all in the line of making sound vibrations visible to the eye. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The contraction of the frog's legs may with considerable safety be said to be caused by these mechanical vibrations being transmitted through the conducting wires. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Every variation in the speaker's voice is repeated in the vibrations of the metal disk and hence in the minute motion of the pointer and in the consequent record on the cylinder. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• By means of an apparatus called the siren, it is possible to calculate the number of vibrations producing any given musical note, such, for example, as middle C on the piano. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• As the singer interprets the song the vibrations set up by the singer’s voice are communicated to the diaphragm by the passage of the sound through the horn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But the intensity of the vibrations diminishes very rapidly with the distance; so that even with the aid of speaking-tubes and trumpets it is impossible to exceed somewhat narrow limits. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• These indentations correspond to the vibrations imparted to the needle through the diaphragm, and are the recorded sounds made by the singer or band. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• His far-distant goal was to construct a machine that would carry, not the dots and dashes of the telegraph, but the complex vibrations of the human voice. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It is by means of these three bones that the vibrations of the ear drum are transmitted to the inner wall of the cavity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• His study of the effect of vibrations on the human eardrum showed Bell what path he should follow. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The isochronism of the vibrations of the pendulum inferred from this observation was not published or put to practical application in clocks for nearly sixty years afterward. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Reis evidently did not know how to make the vibrations of his diaphragm translate themselves into exactly commensurate and correlated electric impulses of equal rapidity, range, and quality. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The weight presses the stylus to its work, but because of its mass it cannot respond to the extremely rapid vibrations of the stylus. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He studied the effect of vibrations upon the bones of the ear, and this led him to experiment with vibrating a thin piece of iron before an electro-magnet. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• About ten feet away we applied the wire to the back of the neck and it gives a horrible sensation, showing the vibrations conducted through the wire. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Three devices for utilizing vibrations beyond the ultra violet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The vibrations of the second plate are similar to those produced in the first plate by the voice. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The pitch of pianos, from the lowest bass note to the very highest treble, varies from 27 to about 3500 vibrations per second. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In practice, this buzzer was continuously operated at a speed of about five hundred vibrations per second by an auxiliary battery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• When this motion reaches the ear, it sets the drum of the ear into vibration, and these vibrations are in turn transmitted to the auditory nerves, which interpret the motion as sound. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• He and others had used the pendulum for dividing time, but moved it by hand and counted its vibrations. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In real practice this spectacular playing with sound vibrations, as if they were lacrosse balls to toss around between the goals, could be materially simplified. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A telephone receiver whereby the vibrations of the diaphragm are considerably amplified. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This labyrinth is filled with a fluid in which are spread out the delicate sensitive fibers of the auditory nerves; and it is to these that the vibrations must be transmitted. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Edison thought that the longitudinal vibrations caused by the sounder produced a more marked effect, and proceeded to try out his theory. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In the early Edison phonograph the sound vibrations were registered on a tinfoil-covered cylinder. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The very slightest vibrations communicated to the wood are heard distinctly in the telephone. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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