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Transmission of Sonic and Ultrasonic Waves through Partitions

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IN other places I have pointed out that recently devised methods of experiment with ultrasonic waves offer possibilities for a more complete experimental solution of certain acoustic problems than can conveniently be carried out with low or ordinary pitched sounds. A case in point is the reflection from and transmission through material partitions of acoustic waves.

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BOYLE, R. Transmission of Sonic and Ultrasonic Waves through Partitions. Nature 121, 55–56 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121055a0

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