Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- 1853. On the Change of Refrangibility of Light.—II
- 1852. On the Optical Properties of a recently discovered Salt of Quinine
- 1853. On the Change of Refrangibility of Light and the exhibition thereby of the Chemical Rays
- 1853. On the Cause of the Occurrence of Abnormal Figures in Photographic Impressions of Polarized Rings
- 1853. On the Metallic Reflexion exhibited by certain Non-Metallic Substances
- 1854. Extracts from Letter to Dr W. Haidinger: on the Direction of the Vibrations in Polarized Light: on Shadow Patterns and the Chromatic Aberration of the Eye: on Haidinger's Brushes
- 1854. On the Theory of the Electric Telegraph. By Prof. W. Thomson. (Extract)
- 1855. On the Achromatism of a Double Object-glass
- 1856. Remarks on Professor Challis's paper, entitled “A Theory of the Composition of Colours, etc.”
- 1856. Supplement to the “Account of Pendulum Experiments undertaken in the Harton Colliery…”. By G. B. Airy, Esq., Astronomer Royal
- 1857. On the Polarization of Diffracted Light
- 1857. On the Discontinuity of Arbitrary Constants which appear in Divergent Developments
- 1857. On the Effect of Wind on the Intensity of Sound
- 1859. On the Existence of a Second Crystallizable Fluorescent Substance (Paviin) in the Bark of the Horse-Chestnut
- 1859. On the bearing of the Phenomena of Diffraction on the Direction of the Vibrations of Polarized Light, with Remarks on the Paper of Professor F. Eisenlohr
- 1860. Note on Paviin
- 1860. On the Colouring Matters of Madder. By Dr E. Schunck (Extract)
- 1860. Extracts relating to the Early History of Spectrum Analysis
- 1861. Note on Internal Radiation
- 1862. On the Intensity of the Light reflected from or transmitted through a Pile of Plates
- 1862. Report on Double Refraction
- 1862. On the Long Spectrum of Electric Light
- 1863. On the Change of Form assumed by Wrought Iron and other Metals when heated and then cooled by partial Immersion in Water. By Lieut.-Col. H. Clark, R.A., F.R.S. Note appended by Prof. Stokes
- 1864. On the supposed Identity of Biliverdin with Chlorophyll, with remarks on the Constitution of Chlorophyll
- 1864. On the Discrimination of Organic Bodies by their Optical Properties
- 1864. On the Application of the Optical Properties of Bodies to the Detection and Discrimination of Organic Substances
- 1864. On the Beduction and Oxidation of the Colouring Matter of the Blood
- 1867. On a Property of Curves which fulfil the condition
- 1867. On the Internal Distribution of Matter which shall produce a given Potential at the surface of a Gravitating Mass
- 1868. Supplement to a paper on the Discontinuity of Arbitrary Constants which appear in Divergent Developments
- 1868. On the Communication of Vibration from a Vibrating Body to a surrounding Gas
- 1868. Account of Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun….By J. Pope Hennessy. Note added by Prof. Stokes
- 1869. On a certain Reaction of Quinine
- 1872. Explanation of a Dynamical Paradox
- 1872. On the Law of Extraordinary Refraction in Iceland Spar
- 1873. Sur 1'emploi du prisme dans la vérification de la loi de la double réfraction
- 1871. Notice of the Researches of the late Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt on the Conditions of Transparency in Glass and the Connexion between the Chemical Constitution and Optical Properties of Different Glasses
- 1873. On the Principles of the Chemical Correction of Object-glasses
- 1874. On the Improvement of the Spectroscope. By Thomas Grubb, F.R.S. Note appended by Prof. Stokès
- 1874. On the Construction of a perfectly Achromatic Telescope
- 1875. On the Optical Properties of a Titano-Silicic Glass
- 1876. On a Phenomenon of Metallic Reflection
- 1876. Preliminary Note on the Compound Nature of the Line-Spectra of Elementary Bodies. By J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S. (Extract)
- APPENDIX (Correspondence of Prof. G. G. Stokes and Prof. W. Thomson on the nature and possibilities of Spectrum Analysis)
- INDEX
1857. On the Effect of Wind on the Intensity of Sound
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- 1853. On the Change of Refrangibility of Light.—II
- 1852. On the Optical Properties of a recently discovered Salt of Quinine
- 1853. On the Change of Refrangibility of Light and the exhibition thereby of the Chemical Rays
- 1853. On the Cause of the Occurrence of Abnormal Figures in Photographic Impressions of Polarized Rings
- 1853. On the Metallic Reflexion exhibited by certain Non-Metallic Substances
- 1854. Extracts from Letter to Dr W. Haidinger: on the Direction of the Vibrations in Polarized Light: on Shadow Patterns and the Chromatic Aberration of the Eye: on Haidinger's Brushes
- 1854. On the Theory of the Electric Telegraph. By Prof. W. Thomson. (Extract)
- 1855. On the Achromatism of a Double Object-glass
- 1856. Remarks on Professor Challis's paper, entitled “A Theory of the Composition of Colours, etc.”
- 1856. Supplement to the “Account of Pendulum Experiments undertaken in the Harton Colliery…”. By G. B. Airy, Esq., Astronomer Royal
- 1857. On the Polarization of Diffracted Light
- 1857. On the Discontinuity of Arbitrary Constants which appear in Divergent Developments
- 1857. On the Effect of Wind on the Intensity of Sound
- 1859. On the Existence of a Second Crystallizable Fluorescent Substance (Paviin) in the Bark of the Horse-Chestnut
- 1859. On the bearing of the Phenomena of Diffraction on the Direction of the Vibrations of Polarized Light, with Remarks on the Paper of Professor F. Eisenlohr
- 1860. Note on Paviin
- 1860. On the Colouring Matters of Madder. By Dr E. Schunck (Extract)
- 1860. Extracts relating to the Early History of Spectrum Analysis
- 1861. Note on Internal Radiation
- 1862. On the Intensity of the Light reflected from or transmitted through a Pile of Plates
- 1862. Report on Double Refraction
- 1862. On the Long Spectrum of Electric Light
- 1863. On the Change of Form assumed by Wrought Iron and other Metals when heated and then cooled by partial Immersion in Water. By Lieut.-Col. H. Clark, R.A., F.R.S. Note appended by Prof. Stokes
- 1864. On the supposed Identity of Biliverdin with Chlorophyll, with remarks on the Constitution of Chlorophyll
- 1864. On the Discrimination of Organic Bodies by their Optical Properties
- 1864. On the Application of the Optical Properties of Bodies to the Detection and Discrimination of Organic Substances
- 1864. On the Beduction and Oxidation of the Colouring Matter of the Blood
- 1867. On a Property of Curves which fulfil the condition
- 1867. On the Internal Distribution of Matter which shall produce a given Potential at the surface of a Gravitating Mass
- 1868. Supplement to a paper on the Discontinuity of Arbitrary Constants which appear in Divergent Developments
- 1868. On the Communication of Vibration from a Vibrating Body to a surrounding Gas
- 1868. Account of Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun….By J. Pope Hennessy. Note added by Prof. Stokes
- 1869. On a certain Reaction of Quinine
- 1872. Explanation of a Dynamical Paradox
- 1872. On the Law of Extraordinary Refraction in Iceland Spar
- 1873. Sur 1'emploi du prisme dans la vérification de la loi de la double réfraction
- 1871. Notice of the Researches of the late Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt on the Conditions of Transparency in Glass and the Connexion between the Chemical Constitution and Optical Properties of Different Glasses
- 1873. On the Principles of the Chemical Correction of Object-glasses
- 1874. On the Improvement of the Spectroscope. By Thomas Grubb, F.R.S. Note appended by Prof. Stokès
- 1874. On the Construction of a perfectly Achromatic Telescope
- 1875. On the Optical Properties of a Titano-Silicic Glass
- 1876. On a Phenomenon of Metallic Reflection
- 1876. Preliminary Note on the Compound Nature of the Line-Spectra of Elementary Bodies. By J. N. Lockyer, F.R.S. (Extract)
- APPENDIX (Correspondence of Prof. G. G. Stokes and Prof. W. Thomson on the nature and possibilities of Spectrum Analysis)
- INDEX
Summary
The remarkable diminution in the intensity of sound, which is produced when a strong wind blows in a direction from the observer towards the source of sound, is familiar to everybody, but has not hitherto been explained, so far as the author is aware. At first sight we might be disposed to attribute it merely to the increase in the radius of the sound-wave which reaches the observer. The whole mass of air being supposed to be carried uniformly along, the time which the sound would take to reach the observer, and consequently the radius of the sound-wave, would be increased by the wind in the ratio of the velocity of sound to the sum of the velocities of sound and of the wind, and the intensity would be diminished in the inverse duplicate ratio. But the effect is much too great to be attributable to this cause. It would be a strong wind, whose velocity was a twenty-fourth part of that of sound; yet even in this case the intensity would be diminished by only about a twelfth part. The first volume of the Annales de Chimie (1816) contains a paper by M. Delaroche, giving the results of some experiments made on this subject.
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- Mathematical and Physical Papers , pp. 110 - 111Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1904
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