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LORD RAYLEIGH'S “sound more like an f than an s” (NATURE, May 29, p. 319) is due, according to Köhler's observations (Zeits. f. Psych., 64, p. 93), to a slightly too high pitch. A Galton whistle, set for a tone of 8400 v.d., will give a pure s.
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TITCHENER, E. Artificial Hiss. Nature 91, 451 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091451c0
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