Show Human Nerves Absolute Silence U living II person knows what nl absolute so NO N lute silence Is unless he be Is deaf Some Somo patient scientists ts In la Holland hue have constricted an DC absolutely proof noise room but Jut as soon as a n man gets ets Into It t to listen to allence the silence Is broken The rb human body boily being a n machine Is like lIko most roost engines far tAr Cro noiseless The rhe heart lungs 3 and nil all tho the vital organs ns make all sorts Borts of at unexpected noises and keep up the racket until de death th and a n Ion long longtime longtime time Urn after neter Much I nn as all tho cIt city dweller m may y long ions for tor silence bo ho wouldn't like It if It he bo could get it or anything approximating It ic Experiments tp lp In the proof noise room show that absence of ot noise becomes an aa almost t unbearable strain on tho the nerves within an hour The first subject sat t still sail Jcl breathed as 18 quietly aa as possible for tor twenty minutes Then the effort was two much for tor him and be ho cleared bU hta throat The round of ot hIs bis own O voice m made de him jump being no so much louder than c the noises DOlse of or his heart and lungs luns to which be bad been its Us cain The first experiment showed ed that a maud maua Clothes give Ive out a CO p cr I and rustling as ue ale breathes this the tho shoes slices at the slightest movement This being noted almost ne no soon as the tho stepped Into Iota the room be he was I withdrawn with withdrawn dr drawn n and returned nal naked cd The 1110 result was as more wore than before It seems that the clothes bad bod served to muffle the tho noises of ot the body Tho rho roan man after atter listening to the tho seeming silence for tor fore foru u e few tew minutes minute observed d a 11 roaring In bl blears his hie ears cars like nn na overdose of or quinine It sounded louder and louder It was wn'S the bubbling of ot the tho blood through tho the veins In his bis ears cars Put nut above the roar of ot the blood boomed a J rhythmical thumping like some come great trip hammer muffled by Intervening walls and great dl distance tance In Io the thc subjects subject's band was an aD Instrument for tor locating the th direction of 01 Round which promptly showed that the pounding was vas his own heart Only at t Intervals could bo ho to these sounds for tor periodically a ous rush rushing lug and whistling rumpus excluded all other sounds Doln Doing his bis best to be bo silent nevertheless bin bId breathing In to that quiet room was like ke the working of ot a huge bugo pair o of bellows The It was wan found made muJe a dulle dull r e t Intermittent tapping sound an and the liver hissed The peristaltic movements of ot the intestines inter intes tines from time limo to time startled J him with thunderous rumblings rumbling I sound produced In this room la Ie killed III II cd the Instant It r reaches any of ot the walls wall for tor ore are f go o constructed that they not DOt only will not oot transmit sound but do not reflect It The Tile collin coiling colling nn and floor Coor have night layers of ot different material The sides arc are constructed of ot tho following follow follow- ing tag layers a t felt like mJ material mac made of ot and a n very fery bad conductor and reflector of ot sound This layer Is cov cow with a J net on oc tho the inner side to i keep the hair from falling Porous stone This part of ot the wall dow does not rest res on oc I ibe bc floor Ioor but is Isolated ted from trow It If by a layer of ot sheet lead leal A d dead air apace space A wood layer A mixture of ot ground cork and sand saad A special composition of t ground called cork corLl Animals placed In ID tho the room show symptoms of at marked ml to fo set up piteous nervousness nod and v soon be in be-in in inthey cries It if lot they tear and scratch at takou out ut madly at t t rho door b 4 |