Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-20

contains far more oxygen and nitrogen
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. AZ
There can be no question in regard to
any of these facts.
Beyond question the two forces, shock
and vibration of the body caused by
shock, that is the material made by
shock, produce all sounds; although the
shape of the body in which the sound is
made is essential to its character. The
shock produces and brings to the sound
ing mills the material from which all
sounds are made; and these sounds are
furnished on demand, and supplied in
great quantity for the wants of world,
or universe; the usual distribution
being by air lines operating from cen
ire in every direction.
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 a 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 a 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 a 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 wi t h ~ t
equal varieties of bodies, in which to
make them.
By the electrical forces o b t a n d
through shock, and by the action of
the different bodies submitted to these
| forces, sounds are formed instantan-
eously, 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, when the stem of the fork is placed
upon it, will conduct the sound from the
tuning fork to the teeth, bones of the
head, and auditory nerve, thus producing
the sensation of sound.
All its functions will be performed
without its entering the air so that
the "air-wave" theory, very generally
taught in the schools and colleges of the
world, not only impossible but absolute
ly inconceivable, is wholly superseded.
Is it not about time that Middlebury
College gets rid of defunct and impos-
sible theory, and in its place substitutes
the Truth. THE New PHYSICS may be
used at once as text book for this
purpose.
Published by American Publishing
Company, Middlebury, VT; Arthur F.
Bird, % Bedford Street, London. 1926
pages. Price, 81. 25, postage or express
paid.