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'Account of the Whispering-place at Gloucester' by Henry Powle

Reference number: RBO/2i/5

Date: 29 October 1662

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Details of the whispering gallery at Gloucester Cathedral with theories about why this happens (seven explanatory figures with scale).

Subject: acoustics

Reference number
RBO/2i/5
Earliest possible date
29 October 1662
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'Account of the Whispering-place at Gloucester' by Henry Powle, 29 October 1662, RBO/2i/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2i_5/account-of-the-whispering-place-at-gloucester-by-henry-powle, accessed on 20 September 2024

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