 It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself ; the sweetest treble mingling with the lowest bass. On applying the ear to the woodwork of the boat, the vibration was greatly increased in volume by conduction.  India, Past and Present - Page 297by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay - 1903Full view - About this book
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1800 - 568 pages
...wineglass, when its rim is rubbed by a wet finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself : the sweetest treble mingling with the lowest bass. On applying the ear to the woodwork of tho boat. th« vibration was greatly increased in volume by... | |
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1860 - 556 pages
...wineglass, when its rim is rubbed by a wet finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude «>f tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself : the sweetest treble mingling with the lowest boss. On applying the ear to the woodwork of the boat, the vibration was greatly increased in volume... | |
 | 1874 - 898 pages
...when its rim is rubbed by a moistened finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself: the sweetest treble mingling with the lowest bass. On applying the ear to the wood-work of the boat the vibration was greatly increased in volume." The... | |
 | 1860 - 620 pages
...wine-glass when its rim is rubbed by a wet finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself; the sweetest treble mingling with the lowest base. On applying the ear to the wood-work of the boat, the sound was greatly increased in volume by... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1874 - 850 pages
...wine-glass when its rim is rubbed by a wet finger . . . not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself, the sweetest treble mingling with the lowest bass.' Other and later visitors to the same spot have riven a very similar account of their experience there.... | |
 | sir James Emerson Tennent (bart.) - 1859 - 702 pages
...wine-glass when its rim is rubbed by a wet finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself ; the sweetest treble mingling with the lowest bass. On applying the ear to the woodwork of the boat, the vibration was greatly increased in volume by conduction.... | |
 | tennent - 1859 - 694 pages
...wine-glass when its rim is rubbed by a wet finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself ; the sweetest treble mingling with the lowest bass. On applying the ear to the woodwork of the boat, the vibration was greatly increased in volume by conduction.... | |
 | 1860 - 390 pages
...wineglass when its rim is rubbed by a wet finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself — the sweetest treble mingling with the lowest bass. On applying the ear to the woodwork of the boat, the vibration was greatly increased in volume by conduction.... | |
 | 1860 - 536 pages
...glass when its rim is rubbed by a wet finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself; the sweetest treble mingling with the lowest bass. On applying the ear to the wood-work of the boat, the vibration was * Extracted from the ' Canadian... | |
 | 1860 - 656 pages
...wine-glass when its rim is rubbed by a wet finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself; the. sweetest treble mingling with the lowest bass. On applying the ear to the woodwork of the boat, the vibration was greatly increased in volume by conduction.... | |
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