MECHANICS OF THE INNER EAR III 



The successive positions of the partition corresponding, 

 under the sixth provisional assumption, to the maxima, minima, 

 and inflection points of the curve are shown in figure 35. 



° 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 



A< - *— 



B T 1 



Cr f r=3^... 



r f 4 - L — 



/ L ■t -^-.-prrrra— 



J r p ^r^^r^fc^^F^ra- 



X r " — T " 



Z. L 1- -i — 



M, fc =-3 — 



" r — - t ^r- 



Sr 1 



7- L 4 r- 



t/ u fa 



V r i b — 



iv_ Rj— 



XI -t ffcr— 



Ki ■+ Ffa— 



a , 1 - ^ -.----jfa— 



fl I -r=3- -Fti— 



gi ■* — 



Fig. 35. The combination 5 and S. Compare figure 34 



The five hundred and fifty-five initial sections of the par- 

 tition move down and up five times during the period. Let 

 us here closely examine only the one hun- 

 The tone 5 dred and ninety-six initial sections and 



the one hundred and seventy-eight most 

 distant sections of this group. The initial sections move 



