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        Friday July 1st 1881
was the result.
    The pressure then increased to 45 lbs. and the sounds reproduced could be heard faintly through the air by placing the ear close to the air jet. When the hearing tube was used as shown on page 57 (Fig. 2.) the reproduction was very loud and distinct
A pressure of 60 lbs. produced sounds that were loud enough to be heard ^[[and the words understood -]] at least one foot away from the air jet without the aid of any hearing tube.
    At the last pressure (60 lbs above the atmosphere) the flexible tube connecting the air jet with the reservoir gave indications of bursting and we were unable to try higher pressures on this account.
    We do not seem to have reached the limit of increase in loudness, and I believe that the higher we carry the pressure, the louder will be the sounds reproduced in this way, and with pressure of several hundred lbs. per sq. inch, we may expect such a marked increase in loudness that the sounds will be heard all over a common sized room.
    The following [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] ^[[is]] what [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] 
^[[is]] recorded upon the cylinder, in the composition described upon p. 65
    1st several trilled R's, then potatoe - fire - trilled R's, and "I had a little doggy, who used 
"to sit and beg, but doggy tumbled down the 
"stairs and broke his little leg, Oh doggy I --
        Noted by S.T. July 1st 1881
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