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Treatise on Acoustics

The First Comprehensive English Translation of E.F.F. Chladni's Traité d’Acoustique

E.F.F. Chladni (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XXXI, 227 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2015
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-20360-7 (ISBN)

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E.F.F. Chladni's experiments and observations with sound and vibrations profoundly influenced the development of the field of Acoustics. The famous Chladni diagrams along with other observations are contained in Die Akustik, published in German in 1802 and Traité d'Acoustique, a greatly expanded version, published in French in 1809. This is the first comprehensive translation of the expanded French version of Traité d'Acoustique, using the 1802 German publication for reference and clarification. The translation was undertaken by Robert T. Beyer, PhD (1920-2008), noted acoustician, Professor of Physics at Brown University, and Gold Medal recipient of the Acoustical Society of America. Along with many other projects completed over the course of his career, Dr. Beyer translated Von Neumann's seminal work, Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics from the original German, spent 30 years translating Russian physics treatises and journals, served as editor of the English translation of the Soviet Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, and also authored Sounds of our Times: Two Hundred Years of Acoustics.

Der Physiker Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (1756-1827) begründete die experimentelle Akustik und entdeckte die nach ihm benannten Klangfiguren. Darüber hinaus erkannte Chladni, dass Meteoriten keine irdischen atmosphärischen Erscheinungen sondern Himmelskörper sind.

PART I Numerical Ratios of Vibrations Primary Ratios.- PART II: Characteristic Vibrations of Sounding Bodies.- General Remarks.- PART III The Propagation of Sound.- On the Propagation of Sound through Air and through Other Gaseous Fluids.- PART IV On The Sensation Of Sound Or Hearing.- Human Hearing.

"The book gives a good and detailed insight into the times of pre-numerical acoustics around 1800. Robert T. Beyer's book can be recommended to those willing to study in detail what the thoughts of a leading experimental physicist were-despite that they were all called 'philosophers at that time." (Heinrich Metzen, Noise Control Engineering Journal, Vol. 64 (5), September-October, 2016)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.11.2015
Übersetzer	Robert T. Beyer
Zusatzinfo	XXXI, 227 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
Schlagworte	Acoustics of Bells • Auditory organs in animals • Beyer Chladni Translation • Chladni Acoustics • Chladni Diagrams • Chladni Traité d'Acoustique • Chladni Traité d’Acoustique • Chladni Treatise on Acoustics • History of Acoustics • History of Acoustics Chladni • Human Hearing • Musical Acoustics • Musical Acoustics Strings • Numerical Ratios of Vibrations • Sound propagation • Sound Propagation Air • Sound Propagation Liquids • Sound Propagation Solids • Vibration and Sound • Vibrations of Plates • Wind Instrument Acoustics
ISBN-10	3-319-20360-6 / 3319203606
ISBN-13	978-3-319-20360-7 / 9783319203607
Zustand	Neuware