264A Table of the chief Matters11
# Nullity and εntity of Sounds, ibid. 33,
# 34. Swiftneſs of Motion, may make
# Sounds inaudible, ibid. Sounds not an E-
# liſion of the Air, ibid. The reaſons there-
# of, 35. Sound not produced without ſome
# local motion of the Medium, ibid. Yet
# diſtinction to be made betwixt the motion
# of the Air, and the Sounds themſelves,
# ibid. 36. Great Sounds, cauſe great mo-
# tions in the Air, and other Bodies, ibid.
# Have rarefied the Air much, ibid. Have
# cauſed Deafneſs, ibid. Encloſure of Sounds
# conſerveth them, ibid. Sounds partly in-
# cloſed, and partly in open Air, ibid. Bet-
# ter heard ſrom without, then from within,
# ibid. A Semi-cave will convey Sound,
# beticr then open Air, ibid. Any long Pole
# will do the like, ibid. Tryal to be made in
# a crooked Concave, ibid. Sounds may be
# created without Air, 37. Differekce of
# Sounds in different Veſſels filled with water,
# ibid. Sound within a Flame, ibid. Sound
# upon a Barrel emptier or fuller, ibid.
# Sound not created betwixt the Bow and
# the String, but betwixt the String and
# the Air # ibid.
Magnitude of Sound, 45. In a Trunck, ibid.
# The cauſe thereof, ibid. In an Hunters
# Horn bigger at the lower end, 38. The
# cauſe thereof, ibid. In a Vault under the
# Earth, ibid. The cauſe thereof, ibid. In
# Hawks Bells, rather then upon a piece of
# Braſs in the open Air, ibid. In a Drum,
# ibid. Further beard by night, then by
# day, ibid. The cauſe thereof, ibid. In-
# creaſed by the concurrent reflexion, ibid.
# Increaſed by the Sound-board in Inſtru-
# ments, ibid. In an Iriſh Harp, ibid. The
# cauſe of the loud ſound thereof, ibid. In
# a Virginal the Lid ſhut, ibid. In a Con-
# cave within a wall, ibid. 38, 39. In a
# Bow-ſtring, the Horn of the Bow laid to
# the ear, ibid. 39. The like in a Rod of
# Ironor Braſs, ibid. The like conveyed by a
# Pillar of Wood, from an upper Chamber
# to a lower, ibid. The like from the bottom
# of a well, ibid. Five ways of Major ation
# of Sounds # ibid.
Exility of Sounds through any porous Bodies,
# ibid. 39. Through water, ibid. 40. Strings
# ſtopped ſhort # ibid.
Damping of Sounds, ibid. With a ſoft Body,
# ibid. Iron hot, not ſo ſounding as cold, ib.
# water warm, not ſo ſounding in the fall as
# cold # ibid.
Loudneſs and ſoftneſs of Sounds, differ from
# Magnitude and Exility, 41. Loudneſs of
# Sounds, ibid. Quickneſs of Percuſſion,
# cauſe of the loudneſs # ibid.
Communication of Sounds # 41
Inequality of Sounds, 42. Unequal Sounds
# ingrate, ibid. Grateful, ibid. Muſical
# and Immuſical Sounds, at pleaſure onely in
# Men and Birds, ibid. Humming of Bees
# an unequal Sound, 43. Metals quenched
# give an hiſſing Sound # ibid.
Baſe and Treble Sounds, ibid. Two cauſes of
# Treble in Strings, ibid. Proportion of the
# Air perciſſed in Treble and Baſe, 53.
# Tryal hereof to be made in the winding up
# of a String, ibid. 44. In the diſtances of
# Frets, ibid. In the Bores of Wind-Inſtru-
# ments # ibid.
Interior and Exterior Sounds, 45. Their dif-
# ference, ibid. Several kindes of each ibid.
Articulation of Sounds, 46. Articulate
# Sounds in every part of the Air, ibid.
# VVinds hinder not the Articulation, ibid.
# Diſtance hindreth, ibid. Speating under
# water hindreth it not, ibid. Articulation
# requireth a Mediocrity of Sound, ibid.
# Confounded in a Room over an arched
# Vault, ibid. Motions of the Instruments
# of Speech, towards the forming of the Let-
# ters, ib. Inſtruments of Voice, which they
# are, ibid. 46, 47. Inarticulate Voices and
# Inaimate Sounds have a ſimilitude with
# divers Letters # ibid.
Motions of Sounds, 49. They move in
# round, ibid. May move in an arched Line,
# ibid. Suppoſed that Sounds move better
# downwards then upwards, ibid. 50. Tryal
# of it # ibid.
Laſting of Sounds, ibid. Sounds continue not,
# but renew, ibid. Great Sounds heard at
# far diſtance, ibid. Not in the inſtant of
# the Sound, but long after, ibid. Object of
# Sight, quicker then Sound, 50, 51. Sounds
# Vaniſh by degrees, which the Objects of
# ſight do not, ibid. The cauſe thereof ibid.
Paſſage of Sounds through other Bodies, 51.
# The Body intercepting, muſt not be very
# thick, ibid. The spirits of the Body inter-
# cepting, whether they co-operate in the
# Sound, ibid. Sound not heard in a long
# down-right Arch, ibid. Peſſeth eaſily
# through Foraminous Bodies, ibid. VVhe-
# ther diminiſhed in the paſſage through
# ſmall Crannies # 52
Medium of Sounds, ibid. Air the beſt Me-
# dium, ibid. Thin Air not ſo good as thick
# Air, ibid. VVhether Flame be a fit Me-
# dium, ibid. VVhether other Liquors be-
# ſide water # ibid.
Figures of the differents of Sounds, 52. Se-
# veral tryals of them # ibid.
Mixtures of Sounds, 53. Audibles mingle
# in the Medium, which Viſibles do not, ibid.
# Nullity and εntity of Sounds, ibid. 33,
# 34. Swiftneſs of Motion, may make
# Sounds inaudible, ibid. Sounds not an E-
# liſion of the Air, ibid. The reaſons there-
# of, 35. Sound not produced without ſome
# local motion of the Medium, ibid. Yet
# diſtinction to be made betwixt the motion
# of the Air, and the Sounds themſelves,
# ibid. 36. Great Sounds, cauſe great mo-
# tions in the Air, and other Bodies, ibid.
# Have rarefied the Air much, ibid. Have
# cauſed Deafneſs, ibid. Encloſure of Sounds
# conſerveth them, ibid. Sounds partly in-
# cloſed, and partly in open Air, ibid. Bet-
# ter heard ſrom without, then from within,
# ibid. A Semi-cave will convey Sound,
# beticr then open Air, ibid. Any long Pole
# will do the like, ibid. Tryal to be made in
# a crooked Concave, ibid. Sounds may be
# created without Air, 37. Differekce of
# Sounds in different Veſſels filled with water,
# ibid. Sound within a Flame, ibid. Sound
# upon a Barrel emptier or fuller, ibid.
# Sound not created betwixt the Bow and
# the String, but betwixt the String and
# the Air # ibid.
Magnitude of Sound, 45. In a Trunck, ibid.
# The cauſe thereof, ibid. In an Hunters
# Horn bigger at the lower end, 38. The
# cauſe thereof, ibid. In a Vault under the
# Earth, ibid. The cauſe thereof, ibid. In
# Hawks Bells, rather then upon a piece of
# Braſs in the open Air, ibid. In a Drum,
# ibid. Further beard by night, then by
# day, ibid. The cauſe thereof, ibid. In-
# creaſed by the concurrent reflexion, ibid.
# Increaſed by the Sound-board in Inſtru-
# ments, ibid. In an Iriſh Harp, ibid. The
# cauſe of the loud ſound thereof, ibid. In
# a Virginal the Lid ſhut, ibid. In a Con-
# cave within a wall, ibid. 38, 39. In a
# Bow-ſtring, the Horn of the Bow laid to
# the ear, ibid. 39. The like in a Rod of
# Ironor Braſs, ibid. The like conveyed by a
# Pillar of Wood, from an upper Chamber
# to a lower, ibid. The like from the bottom
# of a well, ibid. Five ways of Major ation
# of Sounds # ibid.
Exility of Sounds through any porous Bodies,
# ibid. 39. Through water, ibid. 40. Strings
# ſtopped ſhort # ibid.
Damping of Sounds, ibid. With a ſoft Body,
# ibid. Iron hot, not ſo ſounding as cold, ib.
# water warm, not ſo ſounding in the fall as
# cold # ibid.
Loudneſs and ſoftneſs of Sounds, differ from
# Magnitude and Exility, 41. Loudneſs of
# Sounds, ibid. Quickneſs of Percuſſion,
# cauſe of the loudneſs # ibid.
Communication of Sounds # 41
Inequality of Sounds, 42. Unequal Sounds
# ingrate, ibid. Grateful, ibid. Muſical
# and Immuſical Sounds, at pleaſure onely in
# Men and Birds, ibid. Humming of Bees
# an unequal Sound, 43. Metals quenched
# give an hiſſing Sound # ibid.
Baſe and Treble Sounds, ibid. Two cauſes of
# Treble in Strings, ibid. Proportion of the
# Air perciſſed in Treble and Baſe, 53.
# Tryal hereof to be made in the winding up
# of a String, ibid. 44. In the diſtances of
# Frets, ibid. In the Bores of Wind-Inſtru-
# ments # ibid.
Interior and Exterior Sounds, 45. Their dif-
# ference, ibid. Several kindes of each ibid.
Articulation of Sounds, 46. Articulate
# Sounds in every part of the Air, ibid.
# VVinds hinder not the Articulation, ibid.
# Diſtance hindreth, ibid. Speating under
# water hindreth it not, ibid. Articulation
# requireth a Mediocrity of Sound, ibid.
# Confounded in a Room over an arched
# Vault, ibid. Motions of the Instruments
# of Speech, towards the forming of the Let-
# ters, ib. Inſtruments of Voice, which they
# are, ibid. 46, 47. Inarticulate Voices and
# Inaimate Sounds have a ſimilitude with
# divers Letters # ibid.
Motions of Sounds, 49. They move in
# round, ibid. May move in an arched Line,
# ibid. Suppoſed that Sounds move better
# downwards then upwards, ibid. 50. Tryal
# of it # ibid.
Laſting of Sounds, ibid. Sounds continue not,
# but renew, ibid. Great Sounds heard at
# far diſtance, ibid. Not in the inſtant of
# the Sound, but long after, ibid. Object of
# Sight, quicker then Sound, 50, 51. Sounds
# Vaniſh by degrees, which the Objects of
# ſight do not, ibid. The cauſe thereof ibid.
Paſſage of Sounds through other Bodies, 51.
# The Body intercepting, muſt not be very
# thick, ibid. The spirits of the Body inter-
# cepting, whether they co-operate in the
# Sound, ibid. Sound not heard in a long
# down-right Arch, ibid. Peſſeth eaſily
# through Foraminous Bodies, ibid. VVhe-
# ther diminiſhed in the paſſage through
# ſmall Crannies # 52
Medium of Sounds, ibid. Air the beſt Me-
# dium, ibid. Thin Air not ſo good as thick
# Air, ibid. VVhether Flame be a fit Me-
# dium, ibid. VVhether other Liquors be-
# ſide water # ibid.
Figures of the differents of Sounds, 52. Se-
# veral tryals of them # ibid.
Mixtures of Sounds, 53. Audibles mingle
# in the Medium, which Viſibles do not, ibid.
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