Sound and Science in Nineteenth-Century Britain is a four-volume set of primary sources which seeks to define our historical understanding of the relationship between British scientific knowledge and sound between 1815 and 1900. This collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of the History of Science.
Sound and Science in Nineteenth-Century Britain is a four-volume set of primary sources which seeks to define our historical understanding of the relationship between British scientific knowledge and sound between 1815 and 1900. This collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of the History of Science.
Dr Edward J. Gillin is Lecturer in the History of Building Sciences and Technology at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction in University College London. A cultural historian of nineteenth-century Britain, he specialises in questions of science, technology, and architecture, and how these relate to broader histories of society, politics, and religion.
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Volume 4 Acknowledgements Chronology Introduction 1. John Tyndall Sound: A Course of Eight Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain (Longmans Green and Co: London 1867) pp. vii-ix and 255-325. 2. George Biddell Airy 'On the Elements of Musical Harmony and Melody and of Simple Musical Composition' On Sound and Atmospheric Vibrations with the Mathematical Elements of Music. Designed for the Use of Students of the University (Macmillan and Co: London 1868) pp. 197-231. 3. Hermann Helmholtz On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music (Trans.) Alexander J. Ellis (Longmans Green and Co: London 1875) pp. v-xi 11-37 56-77. 4. J. W. Strutt The Theory of Sound vol. 1 of 2 (Macmillan: London 1877) pp. v-vi 1-66. 5. J. W. Strutt The Theory of Sound vol. 2 of 2 (Macmillan: London 1877) pp. 85-134. 6. (Anon.) "Recent Developments in Acoustical Science" 19th Aug. 1878 The Times (London England) Issue 29337 p. 4. 7. Edmund Gurney The Power of Sound (Smith Elder & Co: London 1880) pp. v-xi 1-39 113-126 178-201 524-539. 8. Richard Wallaschek Primitive Music: An Inquiry into the Origin and Development of Music Songs Instruments Dances and Pantomimes of Savage Races (London: Longmans Green and Co 1893) pp. 237-289. Bibliography Index
Volume 4 Acknowledgements Chronology Introduction 1. John Tyndall Sound: A Course of Eight Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain (Longmans Green and Co: London 1867) pp. vii-ix and 255-325. 2. George Biddell Airy 'On the Elements of Musical Harmony and Melody and of Simple Musical Composition' On Sound and Atmospheric Vibrations with the Mathematical Elements of Music. Designed for the Use of Students of the University (Macmillan and Co: London 1868) pp. 197-231. 3. Hermann Helmholtz On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music (Trans.) Alexander J. Ellis (Longmans Green and Co: London 1875) pp. v-xi 11-37 56-77. 4. J. W. Strutt The Theory of Sound vol. 1 of 2 (Macmillan: London 1877) pp. v-vi 1-66. 5. J. W. Strutt The Theory of Sound vol. 2 of 2 (Macmillan: London 1877) pp. 85-134. 6. (Anon.) "Recent Developments in Acoustical Science" 19th Aug. 1878 The Times (London England) Issue 29337 p. 4. 7. Edmund Gurney The Power of Sound (Smith Elder & Co: London 1880) pp. v-xi 1-39 113-126 178-201 524-539. 8. Richard Wallaschek Primitive Music: An Inquiry into the Origin and Development of Music Songs Instruments Dances and Pantomimes of Savage Races (London: Longmans Green and Co 1893) pp. 237-289. Bibliography Index
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