A PECULIARITY OF THE TELEPHONE.
One of tho moat curious fentnroa of, thonew djacovory of tho means of opt)* voying sounds by tho uso of Ijho electric wire is the peculiar faculty it imparN to deaf persons. Tho lightest- tolephonie sound nppea.rj» to bo audible to their, ponao in ft mu,eh greater degree thnn it is t.n that of pooplo who hnyo never suffered the doprivAtion of the blessing ofhenring. I kuow. o£ ono caso (»mvs tho Melbourne eorrospondont of the Ballnrnt Star), of n gentleman posaosHi'np; innny claims to flcientifte distinction, whoso organ of hearing is utterly u.naffrtctod. by ordinary spolton sounds, but who can stand by the littlo motallic ear piece and translate- perfectly to tlinsononr him the faint-ost wheh passes through it. I preßont tho fact to tho profession of auriats, w,h,o may find in it a how dovolopmont of thoir noblo art.
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Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 30, 15 April 1878, Page 2
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146A PECULIARITY OF THE TELEPHONE. Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 30, 15 April 1878, Page 2
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