Willis on the mechanism of the larnyx, it may be presumed that ultimately the utterance or pronunciation of modern languages will be conveyed, not only to the eye, but also to the ear, of posterity. Had the ancients possessed the means of transmitting... On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences - Page 137by Mary Somerville - 1834 - 458 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1834 - 442 pages
...mechanism of the larynx, it may be presumed that ultimately the utterance or pronunciation of modern languages will be conveyed not only to the eye, but...in sympathetic notes at the distance of hundreds of years. ANIMAL MAGNETISM. — According to the report of a committee of the Royal Academy of Sciences... | |
| 1834 - 410 pages
...mechanism of the larynx, it may be presumed that ultimately the utterance or pronunciation of modern languages will be conveyed, not only to the eye, but...sympathetic notes at the distance of hundreds of ages." — pp. 161, 162. Newton and many others imagined light to be a material substance emitted by all self-luminous... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1834 - 390 pages
...mechanism of the larnyx, it may be presumed that ultimately the utterance or pronunciation of modern languages will be conveyed, not only to the eye, but...consequence of the refractive power of the air, no distant object is seen in its true position. All the celestial bodies appear to be more elevated than they... | |
| Perceval B. Lord - 1839 - 476 pages
...mechanism of the larynx, it may be presumed that ultimately tho utterance or pronunciation of modern languages will be conveyed, not only to the eye, but...sympathetic notes at the distance of hundreds of ages." — Thc Connection of the Physical Science*, by Mary Somerville, 2nd ed., p. 179.") objection: it is,... | |
| 1843 - 280 pages
...will be numbered among the conquests of science ; so that the utterance or pronunciation of modern languages will be conveyed not only to the eye, but...responded in sympathetic notes at the distance of many ages. OH ! let the steps of youth be cautious, How they advance into a dangerous world ; Our duty... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1846 - 496 pages
...mechanism of the larynx, it may be presumed that ultimately the utterance or pronunciation of modern languages will be conveyed, not only to the eye but...responded in sympathetic notes at the distance of many ages. SECTION XVIII. Refraction — Astronomical Refraction and its Laws — Formation of Tables... | |
| 1846 - 788 pages
...languages will be conveyed, not only to the eye, but to the ear of posterity. Had the ancients posss eased the means of transmitting such definite sounds, the...responded in sympathetic notes at the distance of many ages ! The investigations of Mr. Bishop show, however, that the mechanism of the humnn voice is... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1849 - 568 pages
...mechanism of the larynx, it may be presumed that ultimately the utterance or pronunciation of modern languages will be conveyed, not only to the eye, but...the means of transmitting such definite sounds, the civilised world would still have responded in sympathetic notes at the distance of many ages. SECTION... | |
| 1878 - 552 pages
...some forty years ago : " It mny be presumed that ultimately the utterance or pronunciation of modern languages will be conveyed not only to the eye, but...transmitting such definite sounds, the civilized world might have responded in sympathetic notes at the distance of many ages." Sir Charles Wheatstone and... | |
| 1878 - 926 pages
...some forty years ago : " It may be presumed that ultimately the utterance or pronunciation of modern languages -will be conveyed, not only to the eye,...the means of transmitting such definite sounds, the civilised world might have responded in sympathetic notes at the distance of many ages." Sir Charles... | |
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