 Glaciers of the Alps ' I have referred to a case of short auditory range noticed by myself in crossing the Wengern Alp in company with a friend. The grass at each side of the path swarmed with insects which, to me, rent the air with their shrill chirruping....  Sound, 8 lectures - Página 71por John Tyndall - 1875Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Broadhouse - 1881 - 456 páginas
...Alps' I have referred to a case of short auditory range noticed by myself, in crossing the Wengern Alp in company with a friend. The grass at each side...insect-music lying beyond his limit of audition." — Tyndall. [The student is strongly recommended to turn to the "Examination Questions" at the end,... | |
 | Isaac Sharpless, George Morris Philips - 1883 - 376 páginas
...sound, while the other maintains there is no sound at all." And Tyndall notes that in crossing the Alps with a friend, " the grass at each side of the path swarmed with insects, which to me rent the nir with their shrill chirruping. My friend heard nothing of this, the insect-music lying beyond his... | |
 | Isaac Sharpless, George Morris Philips - 1884 - 378 páginas
...sound, while the other maintains there is no sound at all." And Tyndall notes that in crossing the Alps with a friend, '• the grass at each side of the...insect-music lying beyond his limit of audition." 219. Lengths of Sound-Waves. — If the temperature of the air is 62°, sound travels through it about... | |
 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - 1893 - 700 páginas
..." Crossing the Wengern -VI p with a friend ," writes Tyndall in his work on .Sound, " the grass on each side of the path swarmed with insects, which,...rent the air with their shrill chirruping. My friend he;ird nothing of this, the insect world lying beyond his limit of audition." So when I 6rst went to... | |
 | James Kerr Love, William Hall Addison - 1896 - 398 páginas
...l gives a good one. When he was crossing the Wengern Alp, in company with a friend, " the grass on each side of the path swarmed with insects which to...shrill chirruping. My friend heard nothing of this insect music, which lay beyond his limits of audition." During the series of investigations undertaken... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - 1904 - 1196 páginas
...short auditory range noticed by himself in crossing the Weregern Alp with a friend. " The grass on each side of the path swarmed with insects, which...shrill chirruping. My friend heard nothing of this, the insect music lying beyond his limit of audition. "f Musical sound has a much more limited range than... | |
 | John Grier Hibben - 1905 - 472 páginas
...illustration of the difference of auditory power in two individuals; he says : "In crossing the Wengern Alp in company with a friend, the grass at each side...shrill chirruping. My friend heard nothing of this, the insect music lying quite beyond his limit of audition." 2 Much has been done by inventive skill to... | |
 | Sidney Frederic Harmer, Sir Arthur Everett Shipley - 1910 - 608 páginas
...from our present point of view. " Crossing the Wengern Alp with a friend," he says, " the grass on each side of the path swarmed with Insects which to....shrill chirruping. My friend heard nothing of this, the Insect world lying beyond his limit of audition." If human ears are so different in their capacities... | |
 | Entomological Society of Ontario - 1888 - 776 páginas
...audition. " Crossing the Wengern Alp with a friend ," writes Tyndall in his work on Sound, " the grass on each side of the path swarmed with insects, which,...shrill chirruping. My friend heard nothing of this, the insect world lying beyond his limit of audition." So when I first went to Europe and heard the song... | |
 | 1888 - 526 páginas
...* gives a good one. When he was crossing the Wengern Alp, in company with a friend, " the grass on each side of the path swarmed with insects which to...shrill chirruping. My friend heard nothing of this insect music, which lay beyond his limits of audition." Many attempts have been made to ascertain the... | |
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