Search results for "Speed of sound" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • 1899 and 1918. It has had several periods of revival since then and is still ... sheet music for piano. Being a modification of the then popular march, it ...
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  • Piezoelectricity is the ability of some materials (notably crystals ... in response to applied mechanical stress. This may take the form of ...
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  • sonorities that can be constructed as stacks of thirds relative to some underlying ... (polyphony), the natural by-product of this process was a vertical ...
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  • as a mike or mic, is a device that converts sound into electrical signals. ... thin membrane that vibrates in response to sound pressure. This mechanical ...
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  • device for transporting people, consisting of a staircase whose steps move ... with Trav-O-Lator®, a registered trademark of United Technologies), or moveator ...
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  • Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than ... consciously hearing it, high-frequency sound can have a measurable effect ...
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  • electronic circuit (consisting mainly of semiconductor devices, as well ... to the brain to repair different types of brain damage. With this kind ...
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  • developed the Wankel rotary engine as a way of differentiating itself from ... for sale worldwide; nearly one million of these were produced in the ...
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  • He lives and works in Chennai, India. Married, his family consists ... Ilaiyaraaja had been the most prominent composer of film music in ...
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  • His most popular book was The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. not just in his career but also in his life of faith, his family life, and ...
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  • pianist. Art Tatum is known to the world of jazz piano as the supreme master ... his mother owned, playing by ear by the age of three. Tatum would learn both ...
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  • explosive and is used in the manufacture of dynamite, which in turn is ... the fuel-rich medium at or above the speed of sound, as a cascade of near ...
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  • in 1876, building on the pioneering efforts of Elisha Gray, Antonio Meucci ... on March 3, 1847. He was the middle of three children, all boys. Both ...
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  • and entertainer, widely recognized as one of the most influential figures ... Brown was a seminal figure in the evolution of gospel and rhythm and blues ...
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  • fish comprising the family Sphyraenidae of the order Perciformes, characterized ... waters and helping to maintain the balance of nature. == Description == ...
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  • " is the wireless communication of signals by transmitting electromagnetic ... Radio technology gives humanity the convenience of extremely rapid ...
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  • Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from ... The development of transport vehicles has had an incredible impact ...
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  • on July 24, 1897 (missing in flight as of July 2, 1937), daughter of ... Daughter of a railroad attorney, she grew up as a tomboy in the American ...
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  • air or another gaseous medium. The first use of the word was for the foremost ... Human creativity, inspired by the wonder of flight seen in nature ...
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  • A number of injuries and even fatalities have been associated with ... 6,000 lives had been saved by the deployment of air bags.Newsome Law Firm, ...
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