a ¥ “—s 7% le ee 
4 ne be) ¥ “a (Arye 
6) |. Natural Fiftory ; 
230. It was devifed, That a Vial fhould havea Lay of Wire-ringsbelow, rj 
| as clofe to the Belly asa Lute, and. then the Strings of Guts mounted t 
a Bridge, as in ordinary Vials ; tothe end, that by this means, the upp r 
Strings ftrucken, fhould makethe lower rcfound by Sympathy, and fo make 
the Mufick thebetters which, if it beto purpofe, than Sympathy workerh as. 5 
wellby report of Sound, asby Motion. Butthis device, I conceive, to b 
of noufe, becaufe the upper Strings which are ftopped in great variety, cant 
| not maintain a Diapason or a Vnifon with the lower, whichare never ftopped, 
But if it fhould be of ufe atall, icmuftbein Inftruments which have no ftops, | 
as Virginals and Harps; wherein tryal may be made of two rows of Strings, 
diftanc the onefromtheother. 
The: Experiment of Sympathy: may ticindishettta (perhaps) frei Tat 
ftruments of Strings, to other Inftruments of Sound. Astotry,; ifthere wete 
inone Stcepletwo Bells of Unifon, whether the ftriking of the one would, 
move the other, more thanif it were another accord : Ard foin Pipes, if they | 
be of equalbore and found.) whether a little Straw or Feather would seh 
inthe one Pipe, whenthe other is blown at an Ynifon. 
Irfeemeth both in Bar and £ye, the Inftrument of Senfehath a Syinpakie 
or Similitude with that which giveth the Reflexion (as hath been touched be- | 
fore.) For asthe fight of the Eye is likea Chryfal, or Glafs, or Water; fois] 
the Ear a finuous Cave with a hard Bone, toftop and reverberate, se Sound: | , 
Which isliketothe places that report. Eccho’s. ; 
Writ a Man yawneth, he cannot hear fo well. The caufeis, forthiactel 
Membrane of the Earis oentl 5 and fo a wae tu h off the Sound, | 
than draweth itto. | IWF DID 7 iosam 
We hear better when wehdldourBreatly: then conndtyi3 infomuch,” as. 
| in all liftening to attaina Sound a far off, Men hold their Breath. Theeanfe} 
| is, for thatin all Expiration, the mation is outwards , andtherefore rather | 
driveth away the voice than‘drawerth ic: And befides, we fee thatin all labo rt 
| todo things withany ftrength, we¥old the Breath , ‘and ig after ar | 
Sound that is heatd' with difficulty, isa kinde of labor. . if 
Letitbetryed, forthe help ofthe Hearing, (and I conceive itkelyt9 O 
fucceed) to make an Inftrument like a Tunnels the narrow part .whereo! 
may be of the bignefs of the hold of the Ear ; ‘and the broader end much 
larger ;\ like a Bell at'theskirts, and the length half'a foot or more. An 
the narrow end of it be fet clefe\tothe Ear. And markwhether any Sound 
abroad inthe open Air, will not be heard diftin@ly, from further diftance, 
than: without that Inftrument ; being (asit were) an Ear pectucle. And] have 
heard there isin Spain, an Inftrument inufe to be fet to jt a tha helpeth 
fomewhat thofe thatare Thick of Hearing, 9 \ $03 
Tf the Mouth’befhut*ciofe, neverthelefs’ there i is yielded by the Roo: 
of the Mouth,aMurmur; fuchasisufed'by Dunib.men: -Butif theNo 
| be likewile topped, no fuch Murmur can be made, except it be inthe bottom n 
of the Pallaterowardsthe Throat. Whereby it appeareth manifeltly, t C2 
Sound inthe Mouth ,» exceptifuch as ‘aforefaid, if the ‘Mouth be ftoppet 
paffeth from thePallte ye go hes es ihe parent nail i 
it 
283. 
Experiments 
Ain Confort, 
| touching the 
Flindring or 
Helping of the 
Fearing. 
284. 
of the Spiritual pe of ne, ‘For if sen ‘were. hoy ewe? 
ihe fhould be created inthe fame manner, and by like Inftruments 
