1 3 & Mijcellanea Curiofa. 



Moreover a Multiple Eccho may be made, by 

 fb placing tfie Ecchoing Bodies^ at unequal di- 

 ftances, that they reflecl: all one way, and not 

 one on the other ; by which means a manifold 

 fiicceffive Sound will be heard ( not without 



tftoniftiment ) one Clap of the hands like many, 

 ne Ha, like a laughter, one fingle Word like 

 many of the fame Tone and Accent, and fb one 

 Viol like many of the fame kind imitating each 

 other. 



Furthermore, as Specula s may be lb order'd, 

 that by Reflection they {hall make one fingle 

 thing appear many different things ; as one fingle 

 Man to fecm many Men, differing as to Shape 

 and Complexion (or a company of Men) which 

 I think Sir Samuel Morelandh Contrivance does 

 not : So may Ecchoing Bodies alio be order'd, that 

 from any one Sound given, they (hall produce 

 many Ecchoes, different both as to their Tone and 

 lntenfion. (The ground whereof has elfewhere 

 been laid down in a Treatife concerning the Sywa- 

 pathy of Lute-firings.) 



By this means a Mufical fyom may be fo con- 

 triv'd, that not only one Inftrument, play'd on 

 in it {hall feem many of the fame fort and fi^e ; 

 but even a Conlbrt of (fomewhat) different ones ; 

 only by placing certain Ecchoing Bodies ib, as that 

 any Note (play'd) {hall be return'd by the m in 

 %ds 9 <;ths 9 and Sths 9 which is poflible to be 

 done other wife than Was mentionM before in i\e- 

 fraEled Audition, 



I have now done with my Comparifon of the 

 two Nobleft Senfes, and Sciences^ as to their Im- 

 provements ; wherein I have been thus large, 

 that I might give you a little profpeft into the 

 Excellency and Vjefulnefs of Acoufticij ; and that 

 thereby I might excite all that hear m«, to bend 



