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IN NATURE, vol. ii. p. 25, Mr. Dennehy gave an interesting account of a peculiar vibration, accompanied by sound, which is perceivable at night on board all (?) iron steamers which anchor off Greytown, Central America; and in subsequent pages I have read with great interest various speculations as to its origin, which is ascribed (I, the probable solution) to troops of Sciænoids (with reservation) by Mr. Kingsley (p. 46); (2) to musical fish or shells, by Messrs. Evans and Lindsay (pp. 46 and 356); and (3) to gas-escape from vegetable mud and sand, by Mr. Malet (p. 47); whilst Mr. Dennehy himself suggests the possibility of some galvanic agency.
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OLIVER, S. Noises at Sea off Greytown. Nature 4, 26–27 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/004026b0
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