 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 страници
...agitation of the organ by which the soul is immediately affected with the sensation of sound. Zeuo says, * Hearing is produced by the air which intervenes...agitated in a spherical form, and moves off in waves, ana falls on the ear, in the same manner as water nndulatfs in circles when a stone has been thrown... | |
 | 1816 - 808 страници
...air wiiich intervenes between the thir.p ftionditlf- and the ear. The air is agitated irfa'Tpuerical form, and moves off in waves, and falls on the- ear, in the fame mariner as the water in a ciftcfp undulates in circles when a ftone ba» been thrown into it."... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 432 страници
...that agitation of the organ, by which tlie- soul is immediately affected with the sensation of sound. Zeno says, " Hearing is produced by the air which...waves, and falls on the ear, in the same manner as water undulates in circles when a stone has been thrown into it." The ancients were not remarkable... | |
 | 1823 - 876 страници
...immediateZeno's opi-ly affected with the sensation of sound. Zeno, as quotnion. _ ej by Diogenes Laertius *, says, " Hearing is produced by the air which intervenes...in waves ; and falls on the ear, in the same manner a» the water in a cistern undulates in circles when a stone has been thrown into it." The ancients... | |
 | Andrew Trimen - 1849 - 340 страници
...transmitted through the medium of the air; which, according to the notions of Xeno, an ancient philosopher, "is agitated in a spherical form, and moves off in...in circles when a stone has been thrown into it." The invention of the air pump fully proved that a bell rung in vacua, produced no sound, while one... | |
 | Andrew Trimen - 1849 - 456 страници
...transmitted through the medium of the air; which, according to the notions of Xeno, an ancient philosopher, " is agitated in a spherical form, and moves off in...in circles when a stone has been thrown into it." The invention of the air pump fully proved that a bell rung in vacua, produced no sound, while one... | |
 | Andrew Trimen - 1856 - 328 страници
...medium of the air; which, according to the notions of Xeno, an ancient philosopher, " is agitated hi a spherical form, and moves off in waves; and falls...in circles when a stone has been thrown into it." The invention of the air pump fully proved that a bell rung in vacua, produced no sound, while one... | |
 | Joseph Battell - 1909 - 352 страници
...immediately affected with the sensation of sound. Zeno, as quoted by Diogenes Laertius (lib. vii. § 158), says, ' Hearing is produced by the air which intervenes...in circles when a stone has been thrown into it.' The ancients were not remarkable for precision, either of conception or argument, in their discussions... | |
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Laertius (lib. vii. § 158), says, ' Hearing is produced by the air which intervenes between the thing sounding and the ear. The air is agitated in a spherical form, and moves off in waves, and falls on the ear, in the same manner as the water in a cistern... 