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Page 27
... give a bellowing sound . 120. There is a conceit runneth abroad , that there should be a white powder , which will dis- charge a piece without noise ; which is a dangerous experiment if it should be true : for it may cause secret ...
... give a bellowing sound . 120. There is a conceit runneth abroad , that there should be a white powder , which will dis- charge a piece without noise ; which is a dangerous experiment if it should be true : for it may cause secret ...
Page 28
... give an entity of sound , which we call between the local motion of the air , which is but crackling , puffing , spitting , & c . as in bay - salt , vehiculum causæ , " a carrier of the sounds , and and bay - leaves , cast into the fire ...
... give an entity of sound , which we call between the local motion of the air , which is but crackling , puffing , spitting , & c . as in bay - salt , vehiculum causæ , " a carrier of the sounds , and and bay - leaves , cast into the fire ...
Page 30
... give a far greater sound , by reason of the knot , and board , and concave underneath , than if there were nothing but only the flat of a board , without that hollow and knot , to let in the upper air into the lower . The cause is the ...
... give a far greater sound , by reason of the knot , and board , and concave underneath , than if there were nothing but only the flat of a board , without that hollow and knot , to let in the upper air into the lower . The cause is the ...
Page 32
... give tones , and what are the unequal that give none . But now we shall speak of such inequality of sounds as proceedeth not from the nature of the bodies them- 164. It is therefore the strength of the percus- sion , that is a principal ...
... give tones , and what are the unequal that give none . But now we shall speak of such inequality of sounds as proceedeth not from the nature of the bodies them- 164. It is therefore the strength of the percus- sion , that is a principal ...
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... give an asper sound ; for that the base striketh more air than it can well strike equally : and the tre- ble cutteth the air so sharp , as it returneth too swift to make the sound equal : and therefore a mean or tenor is the sweetest ...
... give an asper sound ; for that the base striketh more air than it can well strike equally : and the tre- ble cutteth the air so sharp , as it returneth too swift to make the sound equal : and therefore a mean or tenor is the sweetest ...
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