On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music / by Hermann L.F. Helmholtz ; translated, thoroughly revised and corrected, rendered conformable to the 4th (and last) German edition of 1877, with numerous additional notes and a new additional appendix bringing down information to 1885, and especially adapted to the use of musical students, by Alexander J. Ellis.

  • Hermann von Helmholtz
Date:
1895
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Credit: On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music / by Hermann L.F. Helmholtz ; translated, thoroughly revised and corrected, rendered conformable to the 4th (and last) German edition of 1877, with numerous additional notes and a new additional appendix bringing down information to 1885, and especially adapted to the use of musical students, by Alexander J. Ellis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    W Wagner, R. Iiis treatment of the chordof two major Tliirds, 8396. [thinlcs in eqnal tem- perament, 339(7'. bis festival, 502c] [ Walcker of Ludwigsburg, had little experienco of striking reeds, 96c] Waldeyer finds 4500 outer arch fibrös of Corti in tho cochlea [giving 1 for each 2 cents], 1476 Waller, R., 1686, reduces all colours to tbree fundamental, 64« [Walker, J. W. & Sons, organ-builders, never used free reeds, 96c. 506/;, 506c, 507«. In July 1852 put the Exeter Hall organ in equal temperament, 549«'] 1 Water-wheel hammer, its periodic motion, 19c 21c Waves of Water, 96, d. generated bya regulär series of drops, 10«. of rope, chain, india- rubber tubing, brass wire spiral, 9c. their compösition, 256, c, 26a-d. of water or air, algebraical addition, 27d, 28c. periodic, re- sulting frorn composition of simple tones 306 to 32d. phases of, caused by resonance, 400d, mathematically investigated, 401«. of the sea, effeet of their motion on specta- tors, 251« [Weber, Frank Anton von, 497«, 509/;] [Weber, C. M. von, 498c] Weber, Dr. Fr. E., on function of the aqiue- dudus vcstibüli, 136« Weber, W., 390;/ Weitzmaun, *269c, d. title Werckmeister (b. 1645), advocated equal tem- perament in 1691, 321c, 548c Wertheini, 3736 Westphal, *265(7', *268c, d Wetness, Sensation of, compounded of un- resisting gliding and cold, 63c Wheatstone, Sir Charles, first announces a vowel theory, *103(7. [repeats Willis’s ex- periments on vowel reproduetion, 117(7] Whispered vowels, pitch of, 108c. Czermak and Merkel on, 108(7' [White, J. Paul, his Harmon, 228c7, 329(7'. described, 4816. his methöds of tuning it, 492c] Wiedemann, G., *6c' [Wilkies, the, 5496] [Willis, organ-builder, never uses free reeds 96c, 5066, 506c, 507((] Willis, Prof. R., *103(7'. his reproduetion of vowels by extensible reed pipes, 1176. his table of vowel resonance, 117c. his experi- ments with toothed wheels and springs, 118a. his vowel theory, 1186 Winterfeld, von, »245(7, *272(7, 287c7', *303(7' [Withers, violin-maker, assists in finding resonance of violin, 876, c] [Wölfel, 5096] [Woneggar’s abstract of Glarean, 196c7'] Wooden instruments are mobile in tone, 676. pipes liäve softer tone than metal pipes, 94c. reeds, 986 Wood harmonicon, 71« [Woolhouse’s cycle of,. 19, 436c7] Y [Ynignez, Don, Organist of Seville, 496a] Young, T., 77(7' Young, Thomas, 1773-1829, his law that excit- ing a string at a node destroys the hannonics corresponding to that node, 526. its proof, 52c, 536, [383(7, 5466.] his analysis of colour into 3 primaries, 148c, 149c. his theory of differential tones generated by beats, 166(7 Z Zamminer, *62(7. on pitch of resonance of violin', Violoncello, and viölaboxes, 866 [*86(7' note.] length of horn, 99c. [error in reporting, 100(7 note.] 323(7, 3906, 394« [Zalzal, lutist introduces Threequartertone, 264c/', 281(7, c'. his two new intervals of 355 and 853 cents, 281(7, 6', 5256] Zarlino assumes the tenor voice part to deter- mine the key, 245(7, 312«, 326«, +351(7'. his temperament, 546(7] Zillerthal, in Tyrol, scale of its wood harmon- icon, 270(7 Zither, 746 Zönn dcnticula'ta, 139(7 Q * . <,*> 2-