 Captain Hancock informs me that the Brazilian Cicadae sing so loud as to be heard at the distance of a mile. This is as if a man of ordinary stature, supposing his powers of voice increased in the ratio of his size, could be heard all over the world....  Animal Physiology - Page 516by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1859 - 604 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1818 - 552 pages
...British Isles. — Captain Hancock informs me that the Brazilian Cicadae sing so Joud as to be heard to the distance of a mile. This is as if a man of ordinary...increased in the ratio of his size, could be heard all pver the world. So that Stenter himself becomes a mute when compared with these insects. You feel very... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1823 - 556 pages
...British Isles. — Captain Hancock informs me that the Brazilian Cicadae sing so loud as to be heard at the distance of a mile. This is as if a man of...ratio of his size, could be heard all over the world. So that Stentor himself becomes a mute when compared with these insects. You feel very curious, doubtless,... | |
 | William Howitt - 1831 - 596 pages
...Hancock heard them in Brazil to the distance of a mile. " This," as Mr. Kirby accurately observes, "is, as if a man of ordinary stature, supposing his...ratio of his size, could be heard all over the world." JULY. The clouds poured out water ; the skies sent out a sound ; thine arrows also went abroad. " The... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1832 - 998 pages
...the British Isles. Captain Hancock informs me that the Brazilian cicadae sing so loud, as to be heard at the distance of a mile. This is as if a man of...ratio of his size, could be heard all over the world : so that Stentor himself becomes a mute, when compared with these insects." Mr. Kirby in concluding... | |
 | William Jardine - 1835 - 412 pages
...circling hours. • " Captain Hancock informs me that the Brazilian Cicadje sing so loud as to be heard to the distance of a mile. This is as if a man of ordinary...ratio of his size, could be heard all over the world. So that Stentor himself be. comes a mute when compared with these insects." — Kirby and Sfence's... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 610 pages
...studies or short repose that is frequently indulged, in those hot climates, at those hours." The Cicadae of Brazil are said to be audible at the distance of...externally of a pair of large flattened plates of a horny i 506 SOUNDS OF INSECTS. VOICE. texture, varying in form in the different species. When these are raised,... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1843 - 452 pages
...cicadae. Georg. iii. 328. 3 Smith's Tour, iii. 95. 4 Collinsonin Philos. Trans. 1763. Stoll, Cigales,26. increased in the ratio of his size, could be heard all over the world. So that Stentor himself becomes a mute when compared with these insects. You feel very curious, doubtless,... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1846 - 642 pages
...the British Isles. Captain Hancock informs me that the Brazilian Cicadae sing so loud as to be heard at the distance of a mile. This is as if a man of...ratio of his size, could be heard all over the world. So that Stentor himself becomes a mute when compared with these insects. You feel very curious, doubtless,... | |
 | James Duncan - 1858 - 408 pages
...loud as to be heard to the distance of a mile. This is as if a man of ordinary stature, supposing liis powers of voice increased in the ratio of his size, could be heard all over the world. So that Stentor himself he. conies a mute when compared with these insects." — Kirby and Spence't... | |
 | R. E - 1849 - 430 pages
...Hancock, that the Brazilian cicadas sing so loud, as to be heard at the distance of a mile. This is almost as if a man of ordinary stature, supposing his powers...increased in the ratio of his size, could be heard half over the world ! We are fortunate, if such be the case, that these tremendous performers have... | |
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