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" 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... "
Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings ... - Página 313
1820
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Curious Experiments for Preventing the Waste of Honey, and Preserving the ...

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 páginas
...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...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, that the youngest...
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The Art of Improving the Voice and Ear: And of Increasing Their Musical ...

James Rennie (surgeon.) - 1825 - 512 páginas
...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...
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The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Volumen 4

1821 - 520 páginas
...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...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, that the youngest...
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The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts, Volumen 1

1824 - 628 páginas
...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...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, that the youngest...
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Insect Miscellanies

James Rennie - 1831 - 434 páginas
...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...
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Elements of physiology

Thomas Johnstone Aitkin - 1838 - 632 páginas
...suddenness of transition from perfect hearing to total want of perception, occasions a degree of surprise, which renders an experiment on this subject, with...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...
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Elements of Physiology: Being an Account of the Laws and Principles of the ...

Thomas Johnstone Aitkin - 1838 - 558 páginas
...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...
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The Saturday Magazine ...

1842 - 1008 páginas
...experiment on this subject with a series of small pipes among several persons rather amusing. It ii curious to observe the change of feeling manifested...observe a limit to the hearing of sharp sound in any persons under twenty years of age, I am persuaded, by the account that I have received from others,...
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Sound: A Course of Eight Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of ...

John Tyndall - 1867 - 364 páginas
...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...short a distance their little superiority extends.' 'Nothing can be more surprising,' writes Sir John Herschel, in reference to this subject, ' than to...
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Sound: A Course of Eight Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of ...

John Tyndall - 1867 - 372 páginas
...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...short a distance their little superiority extends.' 'Nothing can be more surprising,' writes Sir John Herschel, in reference to this subject, 'than to...
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