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Sound is a movement which is handed on from atom to atom in a gas through which the sound is passing, just as a chain of workers pass buckets of water to a fire. The quicker the workers move their hands and arms, the quicker the water moves.


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Author Bio


  • NameWilliam Henry Bragg
  • DescriptionBritish scientist
  • BornJuly 2, 1862
  • DiedMarch 12, 1942
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPhysicist; Chemist; Lacrosse Player
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society; Knight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Copley Medal; Nobel Prize In Physics