Ear’s Sensitivity
The human ear was an extraordinary piece of engineering, and had a quite fantastic range, the professor of mechanical engineering at Canterbury University (Professor D. C. Stevenson) said a J * s ®? inar Christ church. The sensitivity of Its response to sound was so fine that the smallest vibration inside the ear was onetenth the diameter of a hydro--1 gen atom.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32120, 16 October 1969, Page 12
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