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prodigious Length and Brightnefs : So an In» 

 ftrumcnt may be invented, that apply'd to the 

 Mouth (or any Sonorous Body ) (hall fend forth 

 the Voice diftin&ly to as prodigious a Diftance and 

 Loudnefs. 



For if the Stentoro-phonecon (which is but a 

 rude and unartificial Inftrument ) does fuch 

 great feats, what might be done with one com- 

 posed according to the Rules of Art ? whofe 

 make fhould comply with the Laws of Sonorous 

 Motion (which that does not) . and therefore not 

 f& much Hefratt, as to alter and confound the- 

 Tone of the Voice and Words (as that fomewhat 

 does.) 



Now of what ufe fuch an Inftrument might 

 be for /peaking clearly and articulately at a di- 

 ftance (and that without altering the Tone of 

 the Voice) whether it be at Sea or at .Land (but 

 efpecially at Sea in tempeftuous Weather and 

 in the Night) is obvious to any Man to con- 

 ceive. 



a. As Inftruments have been invented to help 

 the Eye, So likewife are there (bme, and more 

 fuch there may be, for the Ear. 

 For, 



i. As Spectacles and other GlaJJes are made to 

 help the Purblind and weak Eyes, to fee at any 

 competent diltance : So there are Otacouflickj 

 (ana better may be made) to help weak Ears to 

 hear at a reafonable diftance alfo. Which would 

 be as great a help to the infirmity of Old Age, as 

 the other invention of Spectacles is, and perhaps 

 greater ; foralmuch as the Hearing what's fpoken 

 is of more daily ufe and concern to fuch Men, 

 then to be able to read Books or to view Pi- 

 times. 



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