Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-11-05
THE NEW PHYSICS
SOUND
Trn1d, crushed TO earth, shall rise again :.
The eternal years Of God are hers"
BY JOSEPH BATTELL

ly and completely, and always the same
sound by the same body, but sounds
made in certain gases are weak Or
if shock takes place in a vacuum there
will be no sound, evidently because
the material to make it is wanting.
And indeed the intensity of sounds,
always depends upon the density of the
air where they are made, which is a
demonstration that they are in part, if
not entirely, made from material in air.
(See THE New PHYSICS, PIP. 66-71 inclu-
sive).
Again sound is far more intense when
made in water than in air, and as water
contains far more oxygen and hydrogen
than air, it is at least highly probable
that sound is composed largely of one or
both of these ingredients. Thus odors.
which form another and kindred sensa-
ton, are known to be composed of car
bon and hydrogen with or without oxy-
gen. (See THE New PHYSICS, p. 42)
There can be no question in regard to
any of these facts.
Beyond question the two forces, shock
and the action of the body, or bodies,
caused by shock, - that is the material
made by shock, produce all sounds al
though the form of the body in which
the sound is made is essential to its
character. The shock produces and
brings to the sounding mills the ma
terial from which all sounds are made;
and these sounds are furnished on de-
mand, and supplied in great quantity
for the wants of a world, or a universe:
the usual distribution being by air lines
operating from centre in every direc-
ton.
That the form of body decides the
character of the sound made in it, is
proved by the graphophone record,
and the disc record made from this.
(See THE New PHYSICS, PIP. 231 -233).
We have also seen, in these graphic
phone experiments, that sound under
certain circumstances will make another
body fitted, when subjected to similar
shock, to produce similar sound.
This is wonderful discovery and
should enable every intelligent person
to understand the nature of sounding
bodies, including their mode of action;
that in order to produce the same sound
they must be alike in form, and be sub
jected to similar shock. Any proper
material will answer, of which to make
this repeating body, and if the material
equals that of the original sounding
body, and is struck similarly as the first
body was, it will make similar and
equal sound. But without shock to fur
nish force, and machinery to use it, there
cannot be any sound. That is, there is
no possible sound without shock, and no
possible varieties of sounds without
equal varieties of bodies, in which to
make them.
By the electrical forces obtaine d
, through shock, and by the action of
the different bodies submitted to these
forces, sounds are formed instanta-
neously, and perform their functions
whilst they live; spreading in all direc-
tons whenever they can enter the, to
them, free air of heaven.
That sound is corpuscular, as we have
stated, can be proven in five minutes, or
less, by any one of ordinary intelligence,
with tuning fork and small wooden
stick; as the stick or any other conduc-
tor, one end being held in the teeth.
when the stem of the fork is placed
upon the other end, will conduct the
sound from the tuning fork to the teeth,
bones of the head. and auditory nerve,
thus producing the sensation of sound.
This experiment will be still more sat
isfactory, if the ears are closed by the
fingers, or otherwise, and the fork S
struck whilst its stem rests upon one
end of the wooden conductor, the other
end of which is held by the teeth In
simultaneously with the shock, under
these conditions, the sound will be
heard.
! All the functions of sound will thus be
performed without its entering the air,
so that the "air-wave theory, very
generally taught in the schools and col
leges of the world, not only impossible
but absolutely inconceivable, is wholly
superseded. We believe every well con-
Quoted institution of learning will soon
get rid of these air-wave theories. both
of sound and light, and in their place
substitute the TRUTH.
ing Company, Middlebury, VT
dford Street, London.