Citations:phthongometer

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English citations of phthongometer

• 1858, William Whewell, History of Scientific Ideas: Being the First Part of the Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences (third edition), volume I of II, book IV, chapter IV, § VI, article 23, page 355:

  Such an instrument so employed would be a measure of vowel quality, and might be called a Phthongometer.

• 1861, Arnold James Cooley, A Dictionary of the English Language: Exhibiting the Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definition of Words, page 489/2, “Phthongometer”:

  Phthongometer, thŏng-gŏmʹ-e-tĕr, s. 45, 30. A measure of vowel sounds.

• 1865, John Stowell Adams, Adams’ New Musical Dictionary of Fifteen Thousand Technical Words, Phrases, Abbreviations, Initials, and Signs, page 175/1, “Phthongometer”:

  Phthongometer. (Grk.) An instrument with which to measure vocal sounds.