The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-12-31
Anaseutnts &c
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waves of sounds. W hen ussulIIcient ins
terval exists betwecna direct and IRE.
dected SQUAD, we hear the hitter in An
echo. But as professor TynsIsh has
shown US, suund, Likes light, atndf Sc rei
aected several times IN snscessjop. and
as the refracted lieht nnsierl Iseke cir.s
cumstances becomes gradually feehler
to the eye, SO the successive eehses bel
come feebfer to the ear. The reflection
of echoes is also in part due TO tIse aact
that the rejecting surfaces are at differ
ent distances from the hearers MOI
only is sound in all respects reflected
and refracted like light. hut it may, like
light he condensed nv suitable lenses
For instance, a. bell placed on an emf.
nence III Heligoland faiied, on account
Of its distance, to be heard in ihc. lows
A parab0lic reflector, placed behind The
bell, so as to reflect the. soa,ii ksr0 in
the direction Of the long, sloping street,
caused the strokes OF the bell to be dis
tinctly heard at all times, It Is found,
too, that curved roofs and ceilings act
as mirrors upon sound, fact of inter
est to the architect. In some apart.
tnents the singing Of a kettle seems, II
certain positions, to come, not from the
fire on (which tits placed, but from the
ceiling, and so with the tickingSs6Ea
clock. A rather remarkable instance Of
the same thing is cited by Sir John
Herschel In one of the cathedrals ia
Sicily the confessional was 60 placed
that the whispers OF the spenisents wsfe
reflected by the cdrrdtisrnof, ,snd .brooeAt
to focus at .. distant part OF tlle e<1is
flee. The focus was discovered by. &C.
cident, and for ssme time the person
who discovered. it took. pleasure ia hear
ling. and bringing bis. friends to hear,
utterances intended for the priest slohe
The whispering gallery yof st. Paure
lis another well known instance HeFs
Ithe faintest sound, is conveyed from ona
side to the other of the dome, hut IL 10
not heard at any intermediate point III
Gloucester Cathedral,1 gallery of Sn
octagonal form conveys q whisper IsASs
enty-fye feet across the nave, while The
ticks Of q watch may be heard from ons
end OF the abbey church Of St Al5sns
to the other. So 80
| aWhile echoes whisper secrets ia TIE
areas of antique balls, in the wibdings
of long corridors, ias-,the melancholy
laisles Of arched csthedfals sands ruin1l
labbeys, they are; nc. less partial 10. cav-
FERNS and grottoes, and reyerberate With
| loudest voice among mountains Thete
ARE single and compound echoes BolnS
repeat only one syllshle, and sounds of
a certain pitch; .olherss :known = 1au-
ltological echoes, repeat the sans Nards
many times in varied tones The rea-
son OF this is. that the echoing body it
far otf, AID there is time for one fe1sea
ton to pass away before another resch-i
es the ear. Nilsson, in his, description.
Of italy, mention an echo in the viner
yard of Simonetta, about two miles
from Milan, which, reflects q word
twenty times over Gasendi tells Of
another, near the tomb of Cecilia Nc
tella, at Rome, which repeated the 6rstf
verse of the Encid eight times; and q
third, near Coblentz, which repeats sew
enteen times. Therefis deep cul de-
sac, called the 0chsentHal, = formed OF
tie. great cliffs Of the Engelberncrs near
Rosenlaui, in Switzerland, where the
echoes warble in q wonderful manner.
The sound Of the Alpine horn also, re-
bounding from the rocks Of the Wet
terhorn or the Jungfrau, is in the firss
instance heard roughly. But by sao-s
cessiye reflections, the netesp are render.
! ed more soft and nute-likc, the general
diminution of intensity giving the inn
preston that the source of sound is ~
treating further and furthef into rthe
solitude of ice aud snew. zEss.ss, q, sser
A very famous echotis tlat<of Lrrlei.
4 II is thus described b. the author OK the
tisRhine and it's Picturesque Scenery
/ IAN old soldier blows santiyy on chis'
huge French. hunting horn. no sooner.
have the fine bfassy notes ceaseds than
4 yon hear them repeated on the onppsite
shores, so.distinctIy, too, that, thougHs
you know il. is but, an echo, You can
hardly persuade yourself that there iss
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