 | Medicine - 1830 - 602 pages
...in a watch we may hear the beating of the balance, and the running of the wheels, and the striking of the hammers, and the grating of the teeth, and multitudes of other noises ; who knows, I say, hut that it may be possible to discover the motions of the internal parts of bodies, whether animal,... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 pages
...in a watch, we may hear the beating of the balance, and the running of the wheels, and the striking of the hammers, and the grating of the teeth, and...bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, by the sounds they make ; that one may discover the works performed in the several offices and shops of a... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 1102 pages
...in a watch, we may hear the beating of the balance, and the running of the wheels, and the striking of the hammers, and the grating of the teeth, and...bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, by the sounds they make ; that one may discover the works performed in the several offices and shops of a... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 566 pages
...in a watch, we may hear the beating of the balance, and the running of the wheels, and the striking of the hammers, and the grating of the teeth, and multitudes of other noises ; — who knows, I say, hut that it may be possible to discover the motions of internal parts of bodies, whether animal, vegetable,... | |
 | 1835 - 588 pages
...the balance, and the running of the wheels, and the striking of the hammers, and the grating ofThe teeth, and multitudes of' other noises ;—who knows, I say, but that it may be poesible to (bbcover the motions of internal p¿ ot' bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral,... | |
 | Theophilus Thompson - Clinical medicine - 1854 - 254 pages
...running of the wheels, and the striking of the hammers, and the grating of the teeth, and a multitude of other noises, — who knows, I say, but that it...bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, by the sounds they make ; that one may discover the works performed in the several offices and shops of a... | |
 | John Tyndall - Sound - 1867 - 372 pages
...in a watch, we may hear the beating of the balance, and the running of the wheels, and the striking of the hammers, and the grating of the teeth, and...that it may be possible to discover the motions of the internal parts of bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, by the sound they make, that one... | |
 | John Tyndall - Music - 1867 - 364 pages
...in a watch, we may hear the beating of the balance, and the running of the wheels, and the striking of the hammers, and the grating of the teeth, and...that it may be possible to discover the motions of the internal parts of bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, by the sound they make, that one... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Literary curiosa - 1874 - 876 pages
...running of the wheels, and the striking of the hammers, and the grating of the teeth, and a multitude of other noises, — who knows, I say, but that it...bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, by the sounds they make? — that one may discover the works performed in the several offices and shops of... | |
 | Louis Léon Mailliot - 1874 - 598 pages
...Balance, and thé running of thé \vheels, and Ihe striking of thé hammers, and thegrating of thé Teeth, and multitudes of other Noises ; who knows, I Say, but that it may be possible to discover thé Motions of thé internai Parts of Bodies, whether Animal, Vegetable, or Minéral, by thé sound... | |
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There may also be a possibility,' writes Hooke, ' of discovering the internal motions and actions of bodies by the sound they make. Who knows but that, as in a watch, we may hear the beating of the balance, and the running of the wheels, and the striking... 
