| Date | 12/19/97 | 
| Gas | air | 
| Temperature | 70 F | 
| Barometer | 29.72 inches | 
| Pipe Length (L) | 25.44 inches | 
| Pipe Length (L) | 2.120 feet | 
| Mean Speed | 1039.70 feet/second | 
| St. Dev. | 22.35 feet/second | 
| Frequency (Hz) | Mode(n) | (2L/n) | c | F(n2)-F(n1) | |
| 242 | 1 | 4.24 | 1026.08 | --- | |
| 479 | 2 | 2.12 | 1015.48 | 237 | |
| 707 | 3 | 1.41 | 999.23 | 228 | |
| 1292 | 5 | 0.85 | 1095.62 | 293 | |
| 1484 | 6 | 0.71 | 1048.69 | 192 | |
| 1703 | 7 | 0.61 | 1031.53 | 219 | |
| 1937 | 8 | 0.53 | 1026.61 | 234 | |
| 2178 | 9 | 0.47 | 1026.08 | 241 | |
| 2438 | 10 | 0.42 | 1033.71 | 260 | |
| 2693 | 11 | 0.39 | 1038.03 | 255 | |
| 2951 | 12 | 0.35 | 1042.69 | 258 | |
| 3209 | 13 | 0.33 | 1046.63 | 258 | |
| 3467 | 14 | 0.30 | 1050.01 | 258 | |
| 3715 | 15 | 0.28 | 1050.11 | 248 | |
| 4019 | 16 | 0.27 | 1065.04 | 304 | 
| Date | 12/14/97 | 
| Gas | argon | 
| Temperature | 70 F | 
| Barometer | 29.78 inches | 
| Pipe Length (L) | 25.44 inches | 
| Pipe Length (L) | 2.120 feet | 
| Mean Speed | 957.84 feet/second | 
| St. Dev. | 20.29 feet/second | 
| Frequency (Hz) | Mode(n) | (2L/n) | c | F(n2)-F(n1) | 
| 224 | 1 | 4.24 | 949.76 | --- | 
| 445 | 2 | 2.12 | 943.40 | 221 | 
| 652 | 3 | 1.41 | 921.49 | 207 | 
| 858 | 4 | 1.06 | 909.48 | 206 | 
| 1122 | 5 | 0.85 | 951.46 | 264 | 
| 1378 | 6 | 0.71 | 973.79 | 256 | 
| 1579 | 7 | 0.61 | 956.42 | 201 | 
| 1797 | 8 | 0.53 | 952.41 | 218 | 
| 2023 | 9 | 0.47 | 953.06 | 226 | 
| 2256 | 10 | 0.42 | 956.54 | 233 | 
| 2494 | 11 | 0.39 | 961.32 | 238 | 
| 2735 | 12 | 0.35 | 966.37 | 241 | 
| 2973 | 13 | 0.33 | 969.66 | 238 | 
| 3212 | 14 | 0.30 | 972.78 | 239 | 
| 3440 | 15 | 0.28 | 972.37 | 228 | 
| 3719 | 16 | 0.27 | 985.54 | 279 | 
| 3959 | 17 | 0.25 | 987.42 | 240 | 
 
 
 
Speed of Sound in Carbon Dioxide
| Date | 12/18/97 | 
| Gas | carbon dioxide | 
| Temperature | 70 F | 
| Barometer | 29.80 inches | 
| Pipe Length (L) | 25.44 inches | 
| Pipe Length (L) | 2.120 feet | 
| Mean Speed | 811.00 feet/second | 
| St. Dev. | 23.53 feet/second | 
| Frequency (Hz) | Mode(n) | (2L/n) | c | F(n2)-F(n1) | |
| 188 | 1 | 4.24 | 797.12 | --- | |
| 373 | 2 | 2.12 | 790.76 | 185 | |
| 548 | 3 | 1.41 | 774.51 | 175 | |
| 706 | 4 | 1.06 | 748.36 | 158 | |
| 1010 | 5 | 0.85 | 856.48 | 304 | |
| 1173 | 6 | 0.71 | 828.92 | 163 | |
| 1330 | 7 | 0.61 | 805.60 | 157 | |
| 1510 | 8 | 0.53 | 800.30 | 180 | |
| 1698 | 9 | 0.47 | 799.95 | 188 | |
| 1896 | 10 | 0.42 | 803.90 | 198 | |
| 2093 | 11 | 0.39 | 806.76 | 197 | |
| 2293 | 12 | 0.35 | 810.19 | 200 | |
| 2496 | 13 | 0.33 | 814.08 | 203 | |
| 2693 | 14 | 0.30 | 815.59 | 197 | |
| 2887 | 15 | 0.28 | 816.06 | 194 | |
| 3126 | 16 | 0.27 | 828.39 | 239 | |
| 3320 | 17 | 0.25 | 828.05 | 194 | |
| 3523 | 18 | 0.24 | 829.86 | 203 | |
| 3725 | 19 | 0.22 | 831.26 | 202 | |
| 3933 | 20 | 0.21 | 833.80 | 208 | 
| Date | 12/13/97 | 
| Gas | propane | 
| Temperature | 70 F | 
| Barometer | 29.62 inches | 
| Pipe Length (L) | 25.44 inches | 
| Pipe Length (L) | 2.120 feet | 
| Mean Speed | 771.47 feet/second | 
| St. Dev. | 21.30 feet/second | 
| Frequency (Hz) | Mode(n) | (2L/n) | c | F(n2)-F(n1) | 
| 179 | 1 | 4.24 | 758.96 | --- | 
| 354 | 2 | 2.12 | 750.48 | 175 | 
| 522 | 3 | 1.41 | 737.76 | 168 | 
| 676 | 4 | 1.06 | 716.56 | 154 | 
| 960 | 5 | 0.85 | 814.08 | 284 | 
| 1088 | 6 | 0.71 | 768.85 | 128 | 
| 1265 | 7 | 0.61 | 766.23 | 177 | 
| 1435 | 8 | 0.53 | 760.55 | 170 | 
| 1616 | 9 | 0.47 | 761.32 | 181 | 
| 1801 | 10 | 0.42 | 763.62 | 185 | 
| 1992 | 11 | 0.39 | 767.83 | 191 | 
| 2180 | 12 | 0.35 | 770.27 | 188 | 
| 2371 | 13 | 0.33 | 773.31 | 191 | 
| 2560 | 14 | 0.30 | 775.31 | 189 | 
| 2740 | 15 | 0.28 | 774.51 | 180 | 
| 2971 | 16 | 0.27 | 787.32 | 231 | 
| 3157 | 17 | 0.25 | 787.39 | 186 | 
| 3349 | 18 | 0.24 | 788.88 | 192 | 
| 3545 | 19 | 0.22 | 791.09 | 196 | 
| 3736 | 20 | 0.21 | 792.03 | 191 | 
| 3935 | 21 | 0.20 | 794.50 | 199 | 
Comments and technical questions can be addressed to me care of my father, Devlin Gualtieri, at AlliedSignal Research & Technology, Morristown, NJ.