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But it is not so simple, because science does not consider sound as material or corpuscular It (science) considers sound thus --It is a common experience that a source of sound is in a state of vibrations For example, the prong of a tuning fork, a bell, the strings of a piano and the air m an organ pipe are all in a state of vibration where they are producing sound !
According to science, sound is also a form of energy It is propagated in wave form Waves of sound are transformed into electio-magnetic energy by the mechanism of microphones, radio etc and is propagated in the form of electric current which is 1'c-transformed into sound at the listening end The velocity of sound (in au) is 1100 miles per hour. But at can be propagated at the velocity of light when transformed into electro-magnetic energy Jainologists say that "Sound is material and can reach the other end of the universe' Scientists say 'Sound is not matter but energy and travels at the rate of 1100 miles per hour There is, thus, a sharp difference between the two beliefs It cannot, therefore, be simply said that the invention of radio etc. has lent corrobo ration to the Jain beliefs about sound But, if we think deeply, the saying is not entirely baseless either, because the duality of matter and energy has converged into unity in the modern science This is true not only about sound but also about the other forms
44 Test Book of Phyšítsf-by R S Willows page 249
