354 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



The record of " adagio " begins with vibrations for " a." The first 

 downward movement of the line corresponds to the sound "d"; this 

 ends with a strong upward movement due to the explosion. Thereafter 

 follow vibrations for the vowel " a." The nearly straight piece of line 

 with faint vibrations is the first part of the soft " g " ; it is almost but 

 not quite an occlusion. It ends by the strong upward movement of the 

 explosion. The record ends with the vowel vibrations of " o." Other 

 records from the same speaker show even less occlusion through the soft 

 " g." We seem justified in concluding that soft " g," which is the 

 sonant corresponding to soft " c" is, at least in this part of Italy, not 

 identical with the English " j." 



