Demonstration to show that sound is carried by a movement of air. Two wooden boards clapped together disturb surrounding air, moving air in tube and j

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Demonstration to show that sound is carried by a movement of air. Two wooden boards clapped together disturb surrounding air, moving air in tube and jet from nozzle disturbs candle flame. From ''Sound'' by John Tyndall, London, 1867.

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Keywords: 1860s, 19th, artwork, black, century, demonstration, illustration, john, monochrome, physical, physics, sound, tyndall, waves, white