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" Grylli (crickets or grasshoppers), whose powers appear to commence nearly where ours terminate, may hear still sharper sounds, which we do not know to exist ; and that there may be insects hearing nothing in common with us, but endued with a power of... "
The Scientific Class-book, Or A Familiar Introduction to the Principles of ... - Page 237
by Walter Rogers Johnson - 1836
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

JSTOR (Organization) - Science - 1820
...indeed as those which constitute our ordinary sounds, but so remote, that the animals who perceive them may be said to possess another sense, agreeing...those slower vibrations of which we are sensible. I should be always most unwilling to occupy the time of this Society with idle speculations on mere...
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Of bees
The British Critic: A New Review

The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 16

1821
...indeed, as those which constitute our ordinary sounds, but so remote, that the animals who perceive them may be said to possess another sense, agreeing...those slower vibrations of which we are sensible." {ears," says Mr. Perkins, " that water was an clastic fluid, was induced to make some experiments to...
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The Quarterly Journal
The Edinburgh philosophical journal

The Edinburgh philosophical journal, Volume 4

Royal Society of Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh - Philosophy - 1821
...indeed as those which constitute our ordinary sounds, but so remote, that the animals who perceive them may be said to possess another sense, agreeing...those slower vibrations of which we are sensible. ART. XXVI.— Description of a New Double Image Micrometer for Measuring the Diameter of Minute Celestial...
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The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts

The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts, Volume 1

John White Webster, John Ware, Daniel Treadwell - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1824
...those which constitute our ordinary sounds, but so remote, that the animals who perceive them may he said to possess another sense, agreeing with our own...those slower vibrations of which we are sensible. ART. V. — On certain Elevations of Land, connected with the Actions of Volcanoes. By J. MAC CULLOCH,...
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The Edinburgh philosophical journal

The Edinburgh philosophical journal, Volume 4

Royal Society of Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh - 1821
Contains proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Wernerian Natural History Society, etc.
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An introduction to entomology: or Elements of the natural history of insects ...

An introduction to entomology: or Elements of the natural history ..., Volume 4

William Kirby, William Spence - 1826
...so remote, that the animals who perceive them may be said to possess another sense, agreeing "joith our own solely in the medium by which it is excited, and possibly wholly unaffected by these slower vibrations of which we are sensible*." That insects, however, hear nothing in common with...
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Insect miscellanies..

Insect miscellanies..

James Rennie - 1831 - 414 pages
...nature as those which constitute our ordinary sounds, but so remote, that the animals who perceive them may be said to possess another sense, agreeing...which it is excited, and possibly wholly unaffected by the slower vibrations of which we are sensible*." » Dr. Wollaston irt Phil; Trans, for 1820, p. 314....
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Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the ...

Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions ..., Volume 2

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1833
...incomparably more frequent may exist, we may imagine, says the author, that animals like the Grylli, whose powers appear to commence nearly where ours...those slower vibrations of which we are sensible. Particulars respecting the Anatomy of the Dugong, intended as a Supplement to Sir TS Raffles's Account...
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