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{Metal plan Cornet<lb/> | {Metal plan Cornet<lb/> | ||
{Metal with a reed Bassoon & Hautbois.</p><pb/> | {Metal with a reed Bassoon & Hautbois.</p><pb/> | ||
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To ascertain whether the persons with whom these may be | To ascertain whether <lb/> | ||
the persons with whom <lb/> | |||
these may be occasion <lb/> | |||
to converse are ready <lb/> | |||
for conversation, certain <lb/> | |||
words of course <lb/> | |||
should be exchanged <lb/> | |||
at cerain periods</p> | |||
<p>Would curves in <lb/> | |||
<del>and</del> angles make <lb/> | |||
any and what <lb/> | |||
difference?</p> | |||
<p>Half a mile the <lb/> | |||
extent of Panopticon <lb/> | |||
Hill grounds would <lb/> | |||
afford a very instructive <lb/> | |||
experiment <del>with</del> <lb/> | |||
in respect of a <lb/> | |||
distance of many <lb/> | |||
miles: if there were <lb/> | |||
no <add>perceptible</add> diminution in <lb/> | |||
1/2 a inch, there <lb/> | |||
might be none in <lb/> | |||
many miles: if <lb/> | |||
there was a perceptible <lb/> | |||
diminution <lb/> | |||
in one case, it <lb/> | |||
would afford grounds <lb/> | |||
for <del>estimati</del> conjecturing <lb/> | |||
the degree <lb/> | |||
of diminution in <lb/> | |||
the other.</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 Bassoon & Hautbois.
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To ascertain whether
the persons with whom
these may be occasion
to converse are ready
for conversation, certain
words of course
should be exchanged
at cerain periods
Would curves in
and angles make
any and what
difference?
Half a mile the
extent of Panopticon
Hill grounds would
afford a very instructive
experiment with
in respect of a
distance of many
miles: if there were
no perceptible diminution in
1/2 a inch, there
might be none in
many miles: if
there was a perceptible
diminution
in one case, it
would afford grounds
for estimati conjecturing
the degree
of diminution in
the other.
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conversation tubes to nepean, 1793 |
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jeremy bentham |
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benjamin constant |
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