First published in France in 1998 by Editions Herm s entitled "Manuel d'acoustique fondamentale"

First published in Great Britain and the United States in 2006 by ISTE Ltd

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bruneau, Michel.  [Manuel d'acoustique fondamentale. English]  Fundamentals of acoustics / Michel Bruneau; Thomas Scelo, translator and contributor.   p. cm.  Includes index.

ISBN-13:

ISBN: 1-905209-25-8

QC225.15.B78 2006

534--dc22

2006014582

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