 The suddenness of the transition," writes Wollaston, " from perfect hearing to total want of perception, occasions a degree of surprise which renders an experiment of this kind with a series of small pipes among several persons rather amusing. It is curious...  The Saturday Magazine ... - Page 831842Full view - About this book
 | 1820 - 472 pages
...experiment on this subject with a series of small pipes among several persons rather amusing. It is curious to observe the change of feeling manifested...observe a limit to the hearing of sharp sound in any person under so years of age, I am persuaded, by the account that I have received from others, that... | |
 | A.P. Beresford, Alexander Dedekind, Andrew Jameson, Auguste de Saint-Hilaire, Benjamin Kidd, Bouffier de Sauvages, Charles Bucke, Edward Latham Ormerod, Esq. Thomas Hale, George Hubbard, Harry Wallis Kew, Herbert S. Shorthouse, I. Hopkins, James Caldwell, James Cavanah Murphy, Lippi, M.M.M., T. Slevan, Thorsley, Travers James Briant, William Carr, William Dunbar, William Hyde Wollaston - 1820 - 474 pages
...experiment on this subject with a series of small pipes among several persons rather amusing. It is curious to observe the change of feeling manifested by various individuals of a party in succession, as the sounds approach and pass the limits of their hearing. Those who enjoy... | |
 | James Rennie (surgeon.) - 1825 - 512 pages
...persons, rather amusing. Those who enjoy a temporary triumph, from hearing notes inaudible to others, are often compelled in their turn to acknowledge to how short a distance thei superiority extends. Dr. Wollaston found that one of his friends was quite insensible to the sound... | |
 | 1824 - 628 pages
...amusing. It is curious to observe the change of feelihg manifested by various individuals of a parly in succession, as the sounds approach and pass the...observe a limit to the hearing of sharp sound in any person under twenty years of age, I am persuaded, by the account that I have received from others,... | |
 | 1821 - 520 pages
...experiment on this subject with a series of small pipes among several persons rather amusing. It is curious to observe the change of feeling manifested by various individuals of a party in succession, as the sounds approach and pass the limits of their hearing. Those who enjoy... | |
 | James Rennie - 1831 - 434 pages
...persons, rather amusing. Those who enjoy a temporary triumph, from hearing notes inaudible to others, are often compelled, in their turn, to acknowledge to how short a distance their superiority extends. Dr. Wollaston accordingly found that one of his friends was quite insensible to... | |
 | Thomas Johnstone Aitkin - 1838 - 632 pages
...experiment on this subject, with a series of small pipes, among several persons, rather amusing. It is curious to observe the change of feeling manifested...short a distance their little superiority extends." Dr Wollaston mentions, that a friend of his could imperfectly hear a note four octaves above the middle... | |
 | Thomas Johnstone Aitkin - 1838 - 558 pages
...this subject, with a series of small pipes, among several persons, rather amusing. It is curious io observe the change of feeling manifested by various...short a distance their little superiority extends." Dr Wollaston mentions, that a friend of his could imperfectly hear a note four octaves above the middle... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1867 - 372 pages
...an experiment of this kind with a series of small pipes among several persons rather amusing. It is curious to observe the change of feeling manifested...short a distance their little superiority extends.' 'Nothing can be more surprising,' writes Sir John Herschel, in reference to this subject, 'than to... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1867 - 364 pages
...an experiment of this kind with a series of small pipes among several persons rather amusing. It is curious to observe the change of feeling manifested by various individuals of the party, iu succession, as the sounds approach and pass the limits of their hearing. Those who enjoy a temporary... | |
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