A Rudimentary Treatise on Warming and Ventilation: Being a Concise Exposition of the General Principles of the Art of Warming and Ventilating Domestic and Public Buildings, Mines, Lighthouses, Ships, &c (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from A Rudimentary Treatise on Warming and Ventilation: Being a Concise Exposition of the General Principles of the Art of Warming and Ventilating Domestic and Public Buildings, Mines, Lighthouses, Ships, &C In addition to these complicated duties Which the atmos phere has to perform, there are yet Others still more wonderful. A large' number of the operations of nature are, as it were, daguerreotyped in the air in such a manner, as to convey to sentient and intelligent creatures information of what is going on. ...
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Excerpt from A Rudimentary Treatise on Warming and Ventilation: Being a Concise Exposition of the General Principles of the Art of Warming and Ventilating Domestic and Public Buildings, Mines, Lighthouses, Ships, &C In addition to these complicated duties Which the atmos phere has to perform, there are yet Others still more wonderful. A large' number of the operations of nature are, as it were, daguerreotyped in the air in such a manner, as to convey to sentient and intelligent creatures information of what is going on. The murmuring of waters, the tinkling Of rills, the whispering of winds, the sound of the forest in the blast, the rush of the cascade, the roar of the ocean, and the roll of the thunder, are only certain motions among material bodies, which impress their own peculiar Characters on the air, and form what are called sounds. Sounds are of so numerous and, at the same time, of so distinctive a character, that a large portion of every language is appropriated to their precise description. Thus, to define a few of the sounds emitted by certain animals, we speak of the lowing of cattle, the bleating of sheep, the cawing of rooks, the cooing of pigeons, the hissing of snakes, and many others. These sounds, expressive of certain wants and motions, feelings and sympathies, have, doubtless, an intelligent meaning among the respective Species of animals to which they apply; but both sound and its perception are alike dependent on the atmos phere. The phenomena of sound and of hearing, however, obtain their most perfect and exalted development in articu late speech, by which intelligent and responsible creatures are enabled to Shape air into words, those swift and winged messengers by which we express our wants and feelings, by which we advise, instruct, or admonish others, share in their joys, their sorrows and affections; a glorious and also a fearful gift, since every idle word that man shall speak he will have to give account of at the day of judgment. Inferior only to articulate speech is the language of music, which, like the beauty produced by form and colour, is an invention calculated to promote the happiness of man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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