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SINCE velocity of sound does not vary with density (Balfour Stewart, Chap. IV., “Elementary Physics”), would you kindly state the answer that should be given to the question, Why does sound travel quicker in water and wood than in air, and what is the relation between density and velocity of sound in water, wood, air?
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CAMERON, J. Sound and Density. Nature 17, 507 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/017507d0
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