Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 272
orkmen groped in the dark, sure ofnothing till they tested it. The least alteration inthe curve of the lines, or thickness of the wood, orin the proportions of one part to another, cost yearsof study, with daily comparisons and failures. Thematerials were few; but a thousand variations ofsound,… … —THE CROUTH. and these laws are based upon scientific principlesso exact that Professor Tyndall himself can usenothing which proves and illustrates his lectures onsound so thoroughly as a Cremona violin. As tocreating a human voice, that is done so exactly withevery shade and turn of expression…
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