On the principles of sound; their application in the construction of public buildings; particularly to the new houses of Parliament; and assimilation with the mechanism of the human ear / By A.W. Webster.

  • Webster, Alphonso William.
Date:
1840
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Credit: On the principles of sound; their application in the construction of public buildings; particularly to the new houses of Parliament; and assimilation with the mechanism of the human ear / By A.W. Webster. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vlll PREFACE. portion of the Treatise of easy comprehension. Part III. has been divided into two chapters. Chapter I. contains a description of the different parts of the Ear, rendered as brief as correctness will permit; with a diagram representing them of their natural size, and a plan in which their names are arranged in their relative positions; to which have been added short historical notices of any remarkable circumstances connected with their discovery. Chapter II. contains, in many respects, a new view of * the offices these different parts perform ; and it will excite astonishment that so perfect a Sense can be produced from such complicated means. In the exposition now offered of the principles of Sound and the organ of Hearing, the Author has submitted his conclusions, and the considerations upon which they are founded, to the judgment of the reader; being desirous that the opinions he has endeavoured to establish may, if correct, be rendered available to the relief of the deaf, and also .supply that deficiency in physiological know¬ ledge, which is admitted to exist in respect to the ear. ] 2, Chapel Street, Bedford Row, London, 31st October, 1810.