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... recognise them as a definite set of notes . If the same series were struck simultaneously , either by the fingers of a musician or by some instrument constructed for the purpose , the auditor ... recognised , whereas THE GAMUT OF LIGHT . 5.
... recognise them as a definite set of notes . If the same series were struck simultaneously , either by the fingers of a musician or by some instrument constructed for the purpose , the auditor ... recognised , whereas THE GAMUT OF LIGHT . 5.
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Richard Anthony Proctor. understand how such a succession could be recognised , whereas the musician's power to recognise the compo- nent notes of a chord is less common . Now it is found that when the light of a glowing gas is examined ...
Richard Anthony Proctor. understand how such a succession could be recognised , whereas the musician's power to recognise the compo- nent notes of a chord is less common . Now it is found that when the light of a glowing gas is examined ...
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... recognise the absence of certain notes , which might ( according to the nature of the instrument ) be any in number , from one or two to many . Now it has been found that when an incandescent solid or fluid body is shining through a ...
... recognise the absence of certain notes , which might ( according to the nature of the instrument ) be any in number , from one or two to many . Now it has been found that when an incandescent solid or fluid body is shining through a ...
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... recognises certain dark lines across the rainbow - tinted streak forming the continuous spectrum , is able to pronounce that the source of light is an in- candescent substance shining through certain gases . A musician who noticed ...
... recognises certain dark lines across the rainbow - tinted streak forming the continuous spectrum , is able to pronounce that the source of light is an in- candescent substance shining through certain gases . A musician who noticed ...
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... recognised is singularly small . All the gaseous nebulæ , for example , show the same set of bright lines . Among them are some , indeed , which show only one line , whereas others show three , or even four . But the difference , such ...
... recognised is singularly small . All the gaseous nebulæ , for example , show the same set of bright lines . Among them are some , indeed , which show only one line , whereas others show three , or even four . But the difference , such ...
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