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<head>Conversation Tubes 1793 by <unclear>Ropean</unclear></head> | |||
As Miss<hi rend="superscript"><gap/></hi> Wyats Pinand<lb/> | |||
Tube Manufactory<lb/> | |||
Sept 24. 1793.<lb/> | |||
Such Tube composed of}<lb/> | |||
3/4 108} Present<lb/> | |||
} J.Bentham<lb/> | |||
1 222} S. Bentham<lb/> | |||
1 1/4 36} John Wyat<lb/> | |||
_____<lb/> | |||
Total 336 - 3 right <lb/> | |||
angles besides another<lb/> | |||
great bend.<lb/> | |||
<p>1/2 was totally inaudible<lb/> | |||
<del>be</del> a distance<lb/> | |||
if not more than<lb/> | |||
80 feet</p> | |||
<p>A bell close<add><gap/></add> to an<lb/> | |||
end <del>to</del> as close as<lb/> | |||
it would be without <lb/> | |||
touching was not<lb/> | |||
heard at all.</p> | |||
<p>It was of the size <lb/> | |||
of a common House <lb/> | |||
bell such as are <lb/> | |||
hung to windows.</p> | |||
<p>A very gently tap <lb/> | |||
with a pearl case <lb/> | |||
was heard perfectly</p> | |||
<p>Even a whisper <lb/> | |||
was heard</p> | |||
<p>A very low voice <lb/> | |||
such as would not <lb/> | |||
have been heard <gap/> <lb/> | |||
length of an ordinary <lb/> | |||
room was heard <lb/> | |||
perfectly</p> | |||
<p>It required the <unclear>mouth</unclear><lb/> | |||
to be turned as it <lb/> | |||
were in the tube. <lb/> | |||
A small <gap/>ath<gap/> <lb/> | |||
<gap/> conveyed the <add>330</add><lb/> | |||
sound as well as in <lb/> | |||
a large Frenchhorn <lb/> | |||
piece. But the French <lb/> | |||
horn piece was most <lb/> | |||
commodious as it was <lb/> | |||
easier to shift from <lb/> | |||
speaking to hearing & <lb/> | |||
vice versa.</p><pb/> | |||
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Conversation Tubes 1793 by Ropean
As Miss Wyats Pinand
Tube Manufactory
Sept 24. 1793.
Such Tube composed of}
3/4 108} Present
} J.Bentham
1 222} S. Bentham
1 1/4 36} John Wyat
_____
Total 336 - 3 right
angles besides another
great bend.
1/2 was totally inaudible
be a distance
if not more than
80 feet
A bell close to an
end to as close as
it would be without
touching was not
heard at all.
It was of the size
of a common House
bell such as are
hung to windows.
A very gently tap
with a pearl case
was heard perfectly
Even a whisper
was heard
A very low voice
such as would not
have been heard
length of an ordinary
room was heard
perfectly
It required the mouth
to be turned as it
were in the tube.
A small ath
conveyed the 330
sound as well as in
a large Frenchhorn
piece. But the French
horn piece was most
commodious as it was
easier to shift from
speaking to hearing &
vice versa.
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jeremy bentham |
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benjamin constant |
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