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command.</p> <pb/> | command.</p> <pb/> | ||
<p>Will sound when <lb/> | |||
transmitted in this <lb/> | |||
way be as long in <lb/> | |||
the travelling as in <lb/> | |||
the open air? <lb/> | |||
If so, at 1000 p<hi rend="superscript">r</hi><lb/> | |||
second it would <lb/> | |||
above 5 1/4 seconds <lb/> | |||
travelling a mile</p> | |||
<p>Could a Whisper <lb/> | |||
be transmitted to such <lb/> | |||
great distances?</p> | |||
<p>Could the ordinary <lb/> | |||
voice?</p> | |||
<p>Would it remain <lb/> | |||
articulate?</p> | |||
<p>If not, would <lb/> | |||
the notes of music <lb/> | |||
retain their pitch?</p> | |||
<p>If so, conversation <lb/> | |||
might be carried <lb/> | |||
on by <del>org</del> trumpets <lb/> | |||
or rather by organs <lb/> | |||
notes being put for <lb/>letters.</p> | |||
<p>24 notes being too <lb/> | |||
large a scale, the <lb/> | |||
alphabet might be <lb/> | |||
contracted within the <lb/> | |||
compass of an octave <lb/> | |||
by means of different <lb/> | |||
stops</p> | |||
<p>Half notes should not <lb/> | |||
be <del>adopted</del> <sic>employd</sic><lb/> | |||
as not being sufficiently<lb/> | |||
distinguishable</p> | |||
<p>Stops{ Wood Flute<lb/> | |||
{Metal plan Cornet<lb/> | |||
{Metal with a reed Basson & Hautbois.</p><pb/> | |||
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Signal for
Taking Station
at the tube - a
Cracker fired at
the other end.
N.B. The Chemist
crackers are very
small and loud.
Experiments
Hygrometrical
Barometrical
Hydraulic
Acrological
Inable by means
of such a body of
secluded air at
command.
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Will sound when
transmitted in this
way be as long in
the travelling as in
the open air?
If so, at 1000 pr
second it would
above 5 1/4 seconds
travelling a mile
Could a Whisper
be transmitted to such
great distances?
Could the ordinary
voice?
Would it remain
articulate?
If not, would
the notes of music
retain their pitch?
If so, conversation
might be carried
on by org trumpets
or rather by organs
notes being put for
letters.
24 notes being too
large a scale, the
alphabet might be
contracted within the
compass of an octave
by means of different
stops
Half notes should not
be adopted employd
as not being sufficiently
distinguishable
Stops{ Wood Flute
{Metal plan Cornet
{Metal with a reed Basson & Hautbois.
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106 |
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004 |
conversation tubes to nepean, 1793 |
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003 |
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text sheet |
2 |
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recto |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::l munn [britannia emblem]]] |
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benjamin constant |
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