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An introdu&ory Effay to the Do- 

 ftrine of Sounds, containing feme 

 Propofals for the improvement of 

 Acoufticks ; As it was prefented 

 to the Dublin Society, Nov. 1 1. 

 1683, by the Right Reverend 

 Father in God Narciffus Lord 

 Bifhop of Ferns and Leighlin. 



BEing to treat of the Do£trine of Sounds, I 

 hold it convenient to premife fbmething in 

 the general, concerning this Theory ; which may 

 ferve at once to ingage your Attention, and ex- 

 cufe my Pains, when I (hall have recommended 

 them, as beftow'd on a Subject not altogether 

 ufelefs and unfruitful. 



And for this purpofe I fliall omit to (peak 

 any thing of the Excellency of the Matter in 

 Hand \ though it might be celebrated by Argu- 

 ments drawn from fever ad Topicks, and parti- 

 cularly from this, that new Dilcoveries and Im- 

 provements may be made, both as to the 

 neratiorii Propagation and Reception of Sounds in- 

 to the Senfe j which, in a peculiar manner a- 

 grees to this, above the Object of any other 

 Senfe whatfoever. I (hall, I fay , omit thefe 

 things, and apply my felf wholly to the Vfeful- 

 nefs of the Theory, that we are now falling up* 

 on , which I think cannot better be difcovcr- 

 ed, than by making a companion 'twixt the 



Senfe* 



