been devoted to the study of Eu-ropean auditoriums, would carry the writer near Girgenti, an inter-esting but rather inaccessible city on the southwestern coast ofSicily. Finally, failing any especially favorable opportunity, a flyingtrip was made from the north of Europe with the study of this… … Fig. 7. Interior, Cathedral of Girgenti, Sicily. 266 WHISPERING GALLERIES lery between the west entrance of the Cathedral and the steps ofthe high altar. Such a whispering gallery is wholly inconceivable.The facts showed a whispering gallery between the foci as describedby Herschel, although the…
Architectural acoustics
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