Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-06-03
1.-THE NEW PHYSICS"


large and it is with Time In neither is their
thing small brief but that it might be haved and this
means that there known limits to its division.
For all solids be thrown fluids which composed
of PARTICLES these the solid homo
geneous For the solids from which they and which
again they may become are homogeneous.
The nfnesimal particles of electrical matter made by
shock shaped by the body, all OF size; and this
size accord the number of vibrations of body for
given And thus the pitch of the sound may be told by
the vibration because definite vibration produces definite
number sounds OF a certain quality and always the
thing under similar circumstances will produce the same effect
and thing different effect whether these things be
sound or sugar or whether they different
quality, or both
appears that the number of these sounds that is
the copusces sounds increased their size proportion
ally smaller and in this sound to the soul the
idea of pitch, from the lowest to the highest
And the different bodies of the world both natural
and artificial produce sounds of different Sizes the different
machines of saw-mi produce lumber of different Sizes
each the machinery accomplishing this being different
And of sound these different Sizes because of
quality quantity both, make different impression
the soul
1t noticeable that impressions take place,
may regular order of succession passing almost mper
cepab into another And thus similarly does light
pass through different shades of color And in both
for similar reasons slight variance in their composition
Because possible nntesma character of such
variances place in everyngnO only sounds and coor
shade together mpercepby but the different species of all
things though there many things in the
universe their difference between brick and flower,
becomes equally great
A tuningork may be put in vibraton with blow
small feather so sound but it is highly absurd
suppose that such blow could disturb the internal
ton of a solid body.
In the vibrating plates whether there upon
the plate its vibration begins with the sound and ends
with it. And the sound begins with shock caused by the bow
being drawn up down upon the edge of the plate.
This sound is heard once, because thrown into the air.
That from the plate and nowhere else first self
evidently because there nowhere else FROM
and second may by placing any
sound a similar stick that which used with the tuning
fork upon the edge the plate the other
end stick before the teeth Instantly the sound
passes through-that the infinitely small particles of elecr
cal matter which sound consists pass through the stick
the teeth thence the auditory they did from
the vibrating fork when the placed upon end of
a conductor the other end being in the teeth.
Mr. WheatstOne says:
The existence molecular vibrations being completely
established becomes critical question in what manner the sensible
oscillations induce the vibrating PARTICLES
And again:
confusion have restricted the word vibrations motions
of the minute parts and the term oscillations TO those OF the
sensible divisions
See THE NEW PHYSICS, p. 24I'
All these facts show first, that sound is a Auid-some-
thing that flows; and such fluid must be composed of
particles of which would call infinitely small,
they pass through rapidly and numbers the nterce
mperceptbe O of solid bodies
1t follows that when the vibrating plate thus
throwing sound, this sound pass through the
pet into and be heard That it does this be proved
by the with this experiment of the conductor by the
eve from crspaohs upon the To make cxpcr-
ment conducting the sound from the plate the teeth
pronounced the fingers should be placed in the
AS this clears up forever all question what sound is
there would appear be nothing left for friends the
fists to do get textbooks teaching that both
sound electricity fluids flowing equally all directions
from center wherever conditions permit although where
confined wire, by other metals they able get
out and therefore flow defined courses but the receiving
instrument a telephone they escape and thus listening
ears This they naturally will divide into
channels when conditions favorable; that is when