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THE principal object of this paper is to show that sound, instead of proceeding along the ground, is lifted or refracted upwards by the atmosphere in direct proportion to the upward diminution of the temperature; and hence to explain several phenomena of sound, and particularly the results of Prof. Tyndall's recent observations off the South Foreland.
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On the Refraction of Sound * . Nature 9, 513–514 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/009513a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/009513a0