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cuffed, before the Airedifpcrferb. The like is, ifyouhokhthe Horne 
betwixt your Teeth. But that is a plaine Delation of the SoBnd^ frottl 
the Teeth, to the Inftrument of Hearing • For there isagreat Enter- 
eourfc bctwcenc thofe two Parts-, Asappcarechby this ; Tb&t a Harfh 
Grating Tme fetreth the Teeth on edge. The like falleth out, if the 
Horne of the Bow be put vpon the Temples • But chat is but the Slide 
j of the Sound from thence to the Eare. 
| If you rake a Rod of Iron, or Brajfe,and hold the one end>to your Eare, 
| and itrike vpon the other, it maketha far greater Sound, than theiike 
| Stroke vponthc Rod, not fo made Contiguous tothe Eare.By whidi, I 
| and by fome other Inflames, that haue beefte partly toiiched,it ftrould 
J appeare ; That Soundsdoe not onely Aide vpon the Surface of a j 
! Smooth Body, but doe alfo communicate with the Spirits,that are in 
| the Pores of the Body. 
'l I remember in Trinity College in Cambridge, there was an Vpper 
I Chamber,which being thought weake in the Roote ofit,was fupported 
j by -a Pillar of Iron, of the bigneffe of ones Arme, in the middeft of) 
j the chamber Which if you had ftrucke, it would make a little flat 
! Noifeintbe Roomc where it was ftrucke ; But it would make a great 
H Bombe in the chamber beneath. 
j The Sound which is made by Buckets in a well, when they touch vp- 
i on the water-. Or when they ftrike vpon the fide of the well -, Or when 
• two Buckets dafh the one againft theother ♦, Thefe Soundsnte deeper j 
{ and fuller, than if the like Pcrcuflionwcre made intheOp^^V^.The 1 
Caufeh, the Penning and Enclofure bfche Aire, inthe Concaue of-the j 
j well. I I 
Barrels placed in a Roome vnder the Floare of & Chamber, make all 
« Noifes in the fame Chamber, more Full and Refounding, 
j S o that there be fiue wayes (in generall) of Maioration of Souhds : * “En-j 
j clofure Simple • Encloiure with Dilatation • Communication | Re- 
j flekion Concurrent ,and Approach to the Senfory. 
j For Exility of the Foice, ex other Sounds : It is - eertaine^ that the 
Voice doth paffe thorow Solid and Hard Sadies, ifthey be not too thick. j 
And thorow water ,which is likewife a very Clofe Body, andfueh an ! 
one, as letteth not in Aire. But then the Voice, or other Sound, is redii- j 
•cedjby fiich paffage, to a great weaknejfe, ox Exilitie : . Iftherdforeyou ! 
ft op the Holes of a Hawkes Bell, it will make no Ringvbuta flat Node, 
or Rattle. And fo doth th eAetites, or Eagles Stone pwhich hath a lid | 
tie Stone within it. - iJ » . ^3- ' ; ilooW u | j 
And as for water, it is a certaine T-riall: Let aMangoeiatO^Bath, 
and take a Paile, and turtle the Bottoms vpward,andear;ry the Mouth 
of it,( E ueh,) dOwne to the Lfewel l bfitfa&Water * arid fo preffe i£<dbWfie 
vnder the water,-Come handful and an halfe ,{fc ill keeping it euen^katit ! 
mayoot tilt onoither-fide^ScTothe in 
j the Bath, dine with his Head fb far vkler ^^,as-hp 3 «lay pui% head 
! into riYefrf/k^therewil corneas mudiAfcbubl^ 
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