Excerpt from Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, 1878, Vol. 14: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature The last four years have been fruitful beyond measure in Scientific discoveries. In Physical Science, the numerous revelations have been almost startling in their novelty, and these have culminated in that simple and yet wonderful instrument, the Microphone. To listen to the tramping of insects is like hearing the footfalls on the boundary of another world. Is it possible that the Microphone will be to organic sound what the Microscope has been to vision? Shall we listen to the love-narratives of insects as we do unaided to those of birds, or be possible hearers of their domestic squabbles? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.