 | Scotland - 1821 - 618 pages
...cold. This is more particularly noticed, however, in the following passage : " We have often heard the people distinctly conversing, in a common tone of voice, at the distance of a mile ; and to-day, (llth February) I heard a man singing to himself as he walked along the beach, at even a greater distance... | |
 | England - 1821 - 818 pages
...cold. This is more particularly noticed, however, in the following passage : " We have often heard the people distinctly conversing, In a common tone of voice, at the distance of a mile ; and to-day, (llth his fortune in Repulse Bay, or Sir Thomas Hoe's Welcome ; purposing, if he can find a passage... | |
 | Science - 1821 - 512 pages
...notwithstanding the frequency with which he had occasion to remark it. People might often be heard distinctly conversing, in a common tone of voice, at the distance of a mile. Lieutenant Beechy and Messrs. Beverly and Fisher, in the course of a walk which led them to a part... | |
 | English poetry - 1822 - 820 pages
...to us, notwithstanding the frequency with which we had occasion to remark it. We have, for instance, often heard people distinctly conversing, in a common...and to-day I heard a man singing to himself as he wnlked along the beach, at even a greater distance than this. Another circumstance also occurred to-day,... | |
 | Thousand notable things - 1822 - 604 pages
...distance of a mile, or more, persons talking together at the ordinary pitch of voice ; and that one day he heard a man singing to himself as he walked along the beach at even a greater distance than that. — This fact has been explained by the entire stillness of the air ; being unagitated by any... | |
 | John S. Skinner, Editor - 1823 - 448 pages
...air during tlie continuance of intense cold, Nvas a matter of great suprise. People were often heard distinctly conversing, in a common tone of voice, at the distance of a mile, and even a greater distance. An artilleryman named John Smith running into the air without his gloves,... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...the continuance of intense cold, afforded matter of considerable surprise: people were often heard distinctly conversing in a common tone of voice at the distance of a mile; and a man was heard singing even at a greater distance than this. At a distance of two miles from the ships,... | |
 | Sir William Edward Parry - Arctic regions - 1828 - 310 pages
...to us, notwithstanding the frequency with which we had occasion to remark it. We have, for instance, often heard people distinctly conversing, in a common...along the beach, at even a greater distance than this. Another circumstance also occurred to-day, which may perhaps be considered as worthy of notice. Lieutenant... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...with which they had occasion to remark it, it always afforded them surprise. ' We have, for instance,' says he, ' often heard people distinctly conversing,...along the beach, at even a greater distance than this. From the experiments made at Winter Harbour to determine the variation in the magnetic force, it appears... | |
 | Science - 1830 - 466 pages
...was surprized at the great distance at which the human voice could be heard : " I have," he says, " often heard people distinctly conversing in a common...along the beach at even a greater distance than this." The strong tendency of sound to ascend, again, has great effect. Humboldt remarks the barking of a... | |
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We have, for instance, often heard people distinctly conversing, in a common tone of voice, at the distance of a mile ; and to-day I heard a man singing to himself as he walked along the beach, at even a greater distance than this. 
