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... The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal - Pagina 1631821Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
| 1820 - 472 pagini
...that I have made among them, I am inclined to think, that at the limit of hearing, the interval of a single note between two sounds, may be sufficient...to total want of perception, occasions a degree of surprize, which renders an experiment on this subject with a series of small pipes among several persons... | |
| 1821 - 702 pagini
...steps which he could enumerate, he is inclined to think, that at the limit of hearing, the interval of a single note between two sounds, may be sufficient...although the lower note is heard distinctly. " The range of human hearing comprized between the lowest notes of the organ, and the highest known cry of... | |
| James Rennie (surgeon.) - 1825 - 512 pagini
...difference between" the bearing of different individuals, whose ears are in other respects perfect. The suddenness of the transition from perfect hearing...small pipes, among several persons, rather amusing. Those who enjoy a temporary triumph, from hearing notes inaudible to others, are often compelled in... | |
| James Rennie - 1831 - 434 pagini
...difference between the hearing of different individuals, whose ears are in other respects perfect. The suddenness of the transition from perfect hearing...a degree of surprise, which renders an experiment, with a series of small pipes, among several persons, rather amusing. Those who enjoy a temporary triumph,... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1833 - 502 pagini
...; and, from numerous trials, he is induced to think that, at the limit of hearing, the interval of a single note between two sounds may be sufficient...render the higher note inaudible, although the lower one is heard distinctly. The range of human hearing includes more than nine octaves, the whole of which... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1833 - 486 pagini
...; and, from numerous trials, he is induced to think that, at the limit of hearing, the interval of a single note between two sounds may be sufficient...render the higher note inaudible, although the lower one is heard distinctly. The range of human hearing includes more than nine octaves, the whole of which... | |
| The Medical Quarterly Review VOL.II - 1834 - 522 pagini
...E; and, from numerous trials, he is induced to think that, at the limit of hearing, the interval of a single note between two sounds may be sufficient...render the higher note inaudible, although the lower one is heard distinctly. The range of human hearing includes more than nine octaves, the whole of which... | |
| William Mullinger Higgins - 1838 - 276 pagini
...sound. The suddenness of transition from perfect hearing to total want of perception, says our author, " occasions a degree of surprise, which renders an experiment...small pipes, among several persons, rather amusing. A pipe, one-fourth of an inch in length, produced a souml'snpposed to be about six octaves above the... | |
| 1852 - 432 pagini
...difference between the hearing of different individuals, whose ears are, in other respects, perfect. The suddenness of the transition from perfect hearing...small pipes, among several persons, rather amusing. Those who enjoy a temporary triumph, from hearing notes inaudible to others, are often compelled, in... | |
| Gustav Theodor Fechner - 1860 - 596 pagini
...that I have tnade among them, l am inclined to think, that at the limit of hearing, the ioterval of a single note between two sounds, may be sufficient...render the higher note inaudible, although the lower is heard distinctly.« Im Uebrigen hat sich die obere Gränze der hörbaren Töne durch die successiven... | |
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