On 5 Apr 2009, at 20:15, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
A flute playing friend of mine once demonstrated what happens if you
drink a bear just before you play and all of a sudden a burp
increases the proportion of carbon dioxide in the breathing air
significantly, resulting in a much lower pitch.
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009, Mats Bengtsson said:
> A flute playing friend of mine once demonstrated what happens if you
> drink a bear
LOL
I envision Brutus sitting on a keg, playing the flute and passing gas from
both ends.
SKOAL!
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Dana Emery
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Hans Aberg wrote:
The speed of sound in gases is (roughly) proportional to the
square-root of the absolute temperature. Figures used the speed of
sound v_0 in air at 0℃ varies a bit in the range from 331.2 to 331.8
m/s perhaps. This gives the formula at absolute temperature T
v = sqrt(T/27
