10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHONOCAMPTIC»
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Philosophical Questions, selected for the use of the upper ...
What is the Phonocamptic object and center? 175 At what distance must the
phonocamptic center be to return one syllable? 176. Upon what does the
intensity or remissness of sound depend? 177. What is the cause os acuteness
and gravity ...
There — that's the whirlpool, and those are the photographic — no —
philanthropic — phonocamptic, that 's it — phonocamptic centres. Don't you
understand ?" " Oh yes, — perfectly," said the pensive gentleman. "I'm glad of it,"
replied Jack, ...
Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith,
1843
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Memoirs: Being a New Abridgment of the Philosophical ...
... of a certain friend of his, who iupposed, that no echo could be heard, but what
was produced by phonocamptic or reflecting objects, not far off from tne observer
; and nor by those near the vocal or fonorous body, or other distant objects.
Royal Society (Great Britain), Benjamin Baddam,
1740
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The philosophical grammar: being a view of the present state ...
Note (1/) That the Object AB, which reflects the Sound, is call'd the Phonocamptic
Object j and the Point C, on which the Sound impinges, is call'd the
Phonocamptic Center ;'from the Greek Word <\>uti a Voice or Sound, and kU^tu
to bend or ...
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The Devil [by C. Dibdin].
The senses having taken knowledge of sounds, u reflection produces harmony ;
from whence the ** phonocamptic, chromatic, and diatonic ; from " whence
modulations and counterpoint ; from " whence the fascination of the Irish bag-
pipe, ...
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The Union Dictionary: Containing All that Truly Useful in ...
Phonocamptic, fen-n&kim'tik. a. having the power to inflect or turn the sound, and
by that to alter it. 1)erham. Phosphor, f6s'f6r. 1s. the morning star. Phosphorus,
f6s'f6-rtis. j l'opc.—.\ c_hymical substance which, exposed to the air, takes - fire.
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Guide to St. Petersburgh: A Journal of Travels to and from ...
'The Eddy P. The Phonic Centre Phonocamptic Centren The Echo of Lurley on
the Rhine. I may add to this, that the eddy of Lurley is, in reality, considered as the
most dangerous spot in the whole 134 BACHARACH. course of the navigation of
...
Augustus Bozzi Granville,
1835
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Memoirs of the Royal Society, Or a New Abridgment of the ...
... who tiapposad, that no ec'no coul be heard, but what was roduced by
phonocamptic or reflecting objects, not lar off from t e observer; and not by those
near the vocal ordbttwons body, or other distant objects. Of the Repercufflon of
Sound at ...
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Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, ...
... in acoustics, the place where the speaker stands in making polysyllabical and
articulate echoes Centre phonocamptic, the place or object which returns the
voice Centre-punch, a small piece of steel with a hardened point at one end
Centres ...
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Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary: In which the Accentuation, ...
... v. a. to imflummation Phleine, iieme Phlogisticate, prcgnate with hlogiston
Phlogistic, fie-dz is'-tik a, inflammable Phlogiston, 116-dzhisfl n, s. a chymical
liquor extremely inflammable Phonics, f on'-iks s. the doctrine of sounds
Phonocamptic, ...
John Walker, P. Austin Nuttall,
1857