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a | Pellet did ftrike upon Brafs.in the open Air. * The caufeis the fame with 
| There be two kindes of Reflections of Soinalrg 3 the one naDihanees which | 
| is the Eccho, wherein the original is heard diftin@ly, and the Reflexion] 
i rence; when the Sound refleGing (the Reflexion being near at hand) re-} 
| turneth immediately-upon the original,’ and fo iterateth it not, but am-] 
| plifieth ir. Therefore we fee; that Mufick upon the Water “foundeth | 
| more; and fo likewife, Mufick is better in Chambers Wainlcoriems than} 
| fing. 
It maketh a more refounding Sound, than a Bandora, Orpharion, or pik ee 
J when the Lid is open. The cauferis, for that all{hucing i ‘in of Air, -w 
Pi iin ee, 
Naa Hiftoy ; .: 
nyadeftenights dnd not oblick, “are ever. greater at rhe rewenienida > Tes woul 
be tryed alfo in: Pipes, beitig’ made fat larger at the lower. end, orbein 
made with a Belly towardsthe lower end, and then ifuing * into a aight On. 
cave again, 9 Giger 
There is in Sr. ‘Famefes Fields, a ‘Conduiest Brick, ‘unto: 5 twhichil oyneth 
alow Vault; and at the end of that, a round Houfe of Stone; andin the 
Brick Conduit there isa Window, ’ and inthe round Houfe a Slit or. Rabies 
fome little breadth ; if you cry our inthe Rift,’ ic will make a fearful roaring 
atthe Window. The caufe is the fame with the former: Forthat‘allCon- 
caves that proceed from more narrow to more broad, ef Snipes thes ound 
at the coming out. PRE on 
| Hawks Bells that haveholes i in the Ged give a preater — thanif the 
| the firftinftance of'the Trunck .: Namely, for thar the Sound, enclofed 
j with the fides of the Bell, conieth forth at the holes unfpent and mote | 
| {tron 
x Drums , the dateriefs round about, “that preferveth the: Soxndll 
| from di(perfing , maketh the noife come forth at the Dium-hole, far} | 
| more loud and ftrong, than if you fhould firike upon the like skin, ex- | 
| tended in the vt Air.. The caufe is the fame with the two en 
i dent. 
! Seunds are better heard, and: further off in an Eveninl or inthe Night, | 
| cian at the Noon or inthe Day.’ The caufe is, for that in the Day, whenthe} 
Air is more thin (no.doubt) theSound pierceth better; but when the Air is | 
| more thick (as.inthe Night) the Sound {pendeth and fpredeth abroad lefS 5} 
| and fo it isa degree of Enclofure. As for the night, i it is true alfo, that the | 
| general filencehelpeth, solani 
| alfo diftin&ly ; of which, wefhall fpeak hereafter. ‘The other in Coneur- | 
Hanged. 
-The Strings of a Lute, or Viol; or SareinBiy do give afar ercater Sounds 
tet reafon of the Knot, and Board, and Concave underneath, than if there} 
| were nothing but onely the Flat of a Board, without that Hollow and Knot, | 
| to let in the upper Air into the lower. The caufe is, the Communicationof| | 
| the upper Air with pasioues: and: ayes of both from expence or difper-| | 
An Trifh Has hese open na on both ileal of the Strings; ; andi hath | | 
| the Concave or Belly, not a long the Strings, but at the end of the Strings. } [| 
| which have likewife Wireeftrings. 1 judge the caufeto be, for that open Air} 
| on both fides helpeth, fo that there bea Cones ; iets is thenetaey beft } 
| placed atthe end. | 
Ina Virginal, when the Lidis dows it indicts amore cevila Sond th 
thereis no competent Vent, dampeth the Sound; which, indians 
| wife the former inftance : Forshe Satis of the Lute, or Viol, dace 
} Airfomewhat. iw anol aeawllayes bebo eee ae 
