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What is sound easy?
Definition of sound (Entry 1 of 7) 1a : a particular auditory impression : tone. b : the sensation perceived by the sense of hearing. c : mechanical radiant energy that is transmitted by longitudinal pressure waves in a material medium (such as air) and is the objective cause of hearing.
Who discovered sound?
Leonardo DaVinci, the famous Italian thinker and artist, is usually credited with discovering that sound moves in waves. He made this discovery around the year 1500. However, some accounts say that the Roman philosopher Seneca actually discovered sound waves in the first century AD.
How was sound discovered?
The first sound that we recorded as a species was gathered by a device called a phonautograph, invented by a man named Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville in 1857. Phonautographs transcribe sound waves into a line that is drawn on paper or glass. Once humans figured out how to record sound, they then wanted to share it.
How is sound produced in humans?
Human sound is produced by the larynx. Air from lungs passes current between two vocal cords. The air inside two vocal cords makes the cord vibrate and this vibration produces sound.
What was the first sound?
The first sound ever was the sound of the Big Bang. And, surprisingly, it doesn’t really sound all that bang-like. John Cramer, a researcher at the University of Washington, has created two different renditions of what the big bang might have sounded like based on data from two different satellites.
Who created the speed of sound?
Once it was recognized that sound is in fact a wave, measurement of the speed of sound became a serious goal. In the 17th century, the French scientist and philosopher Pierre Gassendi made the earliest known attempt at measuring the speed of sound in air.
Where does sound go after it is produced?
The sound is vibrations in the air. It is created when something that would disturb the air actually does so. Once created, those vibrations travel through the air, until they reach your ear, where other vibrations are made and translated into sensory data your brain interprets as sound.
What is sound and how do we hear it?
People hear sounds when sound waves travel through the air to the ears. The visible outer ear is only a small part of the organ and hearing, and parts of the inner ear transmit the sound waves to the brain.
How does sound travel under water?
Sound travels faster under water than in the air. Sound waves travel by conduction from one molecule to another. Water molecules are much closer together than air molecules, facilitating the speed of the sound wave.
Where does the sneeze come from?
A sneeze, or sternutation, is a semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the lungs through the nose and mouth, usually caused by foreign particles irritating the nasal mucosa.