Gauthey's acoustic tubes. In 1782, an experiment on acoustic tubes was carried out by Dom Gauthey, a 25-year-old French monk. Sound was successfully t
Gauthey's acoustic tubes. In 1782, an experiment on acoustic tubes was carried out by Dom Gauthey, a 25-year-old French monk. Sound was successfully transmitted through water pipes over a distance of 800 metres, but the French King declined funding for the building of a network of acoustic pipes. This artwork is from a series of illustrated French encyclopedia volumes, published by the Epinal printing firm in the late 19th and early 20th century. The series was called 'Serie encyclopedique des lecons de choses illustrees' (Encyclopedic series of object lessons illustrated), and this example is from a volume published in around 1900.
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