Magic tricks -- Juvenile literature; Scientific recreations -- Juvenile literature
Transmission of Sound 37
Progress of Sound 39
Sound turning Corners 39
To tell the distance of Thunder 40
Hearing by the Touch 40
Conversation for the Deaf 40
Glass broken by the Voice 41
Figures produced by Sound 41
Transmitted Vibration 42
Double Vibration 42
Champagne and Sound 42
Music from Palisades 43
Theory of the Jew’s Harp 43
Music of the Snail 44
To tune a Guitar without the assistance of the Ear 44
Music from Glass or Metal Rods 44
The Tuning-fork a Flute-player 45
Musical Bottles 46
Theory of Whispering 46
Theory of the Voice 46
Sound along a Wall 47
Sounds more audible by Night than by Day 47
Musical Echo 47
Ventriloquism 48
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