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Sound Waves in Rooms

Philip M. Morse and Richard H. Bolt*

Philip M. Morse and Richard H. Bolt*

  • Acoustics Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • *Member of the Physics Department, University of Illinois, during part of the time this article has been in process of preparation.
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Rev. Mod. Phys. 16, 69 – Published 1 April, 1944Erratum Rev. Mod. Phys. 16, 324 (1944)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.16.69

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Sound Waves in Rooms

Philip M. Morse and Richard H. Bolt
Rev. Mod. Phys. 16, 324 (1944)

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