 | World - 1868 - 528 Seiten
...day, when the air was unfavourable to the experiment, counted fifty-six repetitions. At first they were very quick, but the intervals were greater in proportion as the sound decayed. It is asserted that the sound of one musical instrument in this place resembles a great number of instruments... | |
 | World - 1874 - 452 Seiten
...day, when the air was unfavourable to the experiment, counted fifty-six repetitions. At first they were very quick, but the intervals were greater in proportion as the sound decayed. It is asserted that the sound of one musical instrument in this place resembles a great number of instruments... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1913 - 990 Seiten
...foggy, and consequently not proper for making an experiment to advantage. At first tho repetitions were very quick, but the intervals were greater in...Some persons assert that the sound of one musical instruTiient in this place resembles a great number of instruments playing in concert. A more recent... | |
 | Roger Pring - 2001 - 206 Seiten
...day, when the air was unfavourable to the experiment, counted fifty-six repetitions At first they were quick, but the intervals were greater in proportion as the sound decayed tt is asserted that the sound of one musical Instrument in this place resembles a great number of instruments... | |
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... miles from Milan, a surprising echo is produced between the two wings of the building. The report of a pistol is repeated by this echo sixty times, and Addison, who visited the place on a somewhat foggy day, when the air was unfavourable to the experiment,... 