FUNDAMENTALS OF ACOUSTICS

Series: Univ. of Chicago physical science series

Duration: 10 min

Year Published: 1933

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: By Dr Hermann I. Schlesinger of the University of Chicago, Dr Harvey Fletcher of Bell telephone laboratories, Dr Donald MacKenzie of Electrical research products Inc. The phenomenon of hearing and the modification of the sound between the source and the hearer are emphasized in this film. The specific qualities emphasized are velocity of sound, refraction, range of hearing, lowering intensity, attenuation in air, eliminating high and low frequencies, reverberation and focusing of sound.

Complete Record: Series: Univ. of Chicago physical science series Dewey number: 534 Audience level: jh-sh Guide 15c Format/cost: 16-sd-$50 Distributors / rental: Bell & Howell Company $2; Brandon Films, Inc $27; rent $1.50; Ohio Department of Education; DeVry Films and Laboratories $1; Ideal Pictures Corporation $1.50; Cosmopolitan Film Libraries, Inc; Visual Education Service, Inc $1.50; AMCA $1.50

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946

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