••N THE SONOROUS PROPERTIES OF GASSES. 



ut 2t, or ** c of the small octave," in the German 

 notation^. 



I am. Sir, 



Your obliged humble servant, 



ARNOLD MERRICK. 

 Cirencester, October, IS 10. 



271 



2969 



-•68 



m 1 

 n 1 



3 

 4 

 1 

 2 



4 

 5 



6 



p i 



2 

 3 

 4 



9 > 



r 1 



3 

 4 



—•56 



— ■53 



57°- 



60 



Aeriform Jiuids^ 



66 



-47 



33 



— 37 

 36 

 —•49 



63 



66 



Atmospheric air 

 Oxigen gas 

 Carbonic acid z- 



Hydrogen gas 



Atmospheric air 

 Nitj'ousgas 



Atmospheric ait- 

 Carbonic acid g. 



Atmospheric air 



Ether vapour 



Oxigen gas 



Atmospheric air 

 Hydiogen gas 



Nitrogen gas 



Hydrogen 



No addition 



Carbonic acid 



Oxigen 



Breath 



Light carbu. hyd. 



Atmospheric air 



Nitrous oxiiie 



Mi»io- Mistan. 



chord I heard, 

 'englhs.l Feet, 



Remarks. 



Tabulated 

 results of 

 the expe- 

 riments. 



•095 

 .100 

 105 

 ■111 

 •112 

 •113 

 •053 

 •052 

 •049 



•093 

 •100 

 •0S3 

 ■083 

 •095 

 •117 

 •115 

 ■095 



•095 



•065 



■099 

 •093 

 •094 

 •047 

 •044 

 •044 

 •042 

 •089 



•061 

 ■072 



•082 

 •083 

 •083 

 •083 



•039 

 •090 



■108 

 112 



•113 

 115 



310 

 342 



273 



1236 



245 

 245 



146 



5 At midnight. 



^ From ox. of manganesf. 



1st Portion. 



2d. 



3d. 



4th. 



f Obtained by means of 

 C zinc, .kc. 



From copper and nitric 

 acid, &c. 



? From marble, &:c. 



S The receiver taken off 



< the apparatus. 



f Every new dose of ether 



< made the tone lower 

 ( in pitch, at first. 



341 

 3/9 



Strong wind. 



Like the sound of a 

 little bell. 



J> Full, smooth, sound. 

 i Procured from wood. 



( Obtained from the Ni- 

 ( trate of Ammonia 



f Chladni's Acoustics. 



X Callcott's Musical Grammar, p.*l6. iSOi). Dr T. Your.g's Le«t. 2. 

 .468. 1807. 



