 There may also be a possibility,' writes Hooke, ' of discovering the internal motions and actions of bodies by the sound they make. Who knows but that, as in a watch, we may hear the beating of the balance, and the running of the wheels, and the striking...  The Physical Basis of Immortality - Page 255by Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell - 1876 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1830 - 602 pages
...the stethoscope. " ' There may be a possibility,' says he, ' of discovering the internal motions ami actions of bodies by the sound they make ; who knows...and multitudes of other noises ; who knows, I say, hut that it may be possible to discover the motions of the internal parts of bodies, whether animal,... | |
 | Sir John Forbes, Alexander Tweedie, John Conolly - 1832 - 858 pages
...in a watch we may hear the beating of the balance, and the running of the wheels, and the itriking of the hammers, and the grating of the teeth, and...I say, but that it may be possible to discover the motions of internal parts of bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, by the sound they make... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 pages
...in the pursuit of that object. ' There may bo a possibility,1 says Hooke, in his posthumous works, ' of discovering the internal motions and actions of...I say, but that it may be possible to discover the motions of internal parts of bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, by the sounds they make... | |
 | 1835 - 1102 pages
...in the pursuit of that object. ' There may be a possibility,' says Hooke, in his posthumous works, ' of discovering the internal motions and actions of...I say, but that it may be possible to discover the motions of internal parts of bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, by the sounds they make... | |
 | 1835 - 566 pages
...works, ' of discovering the internal motions and actions of bodies by the sound they make. Who knows hut that, as in a watch, we may hear the beating of the...multitudes of other noises ; — who knows, I say, hut that it may be possible to discover the motions of internal parts of bodies, whether animal, vegetable,... | |
 | 1835 - 588 pages
...the balance, and the running of the wheels, and the striking of the hammers, and the grating ofThe teeth, and multitudes of' other noises ;—who knows, I say, but that it may be poesible to (bbcover the motions of internal p¿ ot' bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1867 - 372 pages
...investigators, is the precursor and associate of experiment. ' There may also be a possibility,' writes Hooke, ' of discovering the internal motions and actions of...I say, but that it may be possible to discover the motions of the internal parts of bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, by the sound they make,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1867 - 364 pages
...investigators, is the precursor and associate of experiment. ' There may also be a possibility,' writes Hooke, ' of discovering the internal motions and actions of...I say, but that it may be possible to discover the motions of the internal parts of bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, by the sound they make,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1867 - 394 pages
...also be a possibility,' writes Hooke, ' of discovering the internal motions and actions of bodies b}T the sound they make. Who knows but that, as in a watch,...I say, but that it may be possible to discover the motions of the internal parts of bodies, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, by the sound they make,... | |
 | Louis Léon Mailliot - 1874 - 598 pages
...Balance, and thé running of thé \vheels, and Ihe striking of thé hammers, and thegrating of thé Teeth, and multitudes of other Noises ; who knows, I Say, but that it may be possible to discover thé Motions of thé internai Parts of Bodies, whether Animal, Vegetable, or Minéral, by thé sound... | |
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