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IN NATURE of December 12 (p. 129), Mr. F. M. West describes an observation made while walking up and down the platform of a railway station. The pitch of the sound caused by the steam escaping from an engine rose as he retreated from it and fell as he drew near to it.
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VAN GULIK, D. Change of Pitch of Certain Sounds with Distance. Nature 65, 174 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/065174b0
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