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Acoustics
(1,122 words)

1. Introduction

The development of acoustics (originally the science of sound and its perception) is closely related to music theory, philosophy, and the practical expertise of musicians, instrument makers, and experimentally-minded natural philosophies (Astronomy, cosmography). It represented a testing ground for the alliance of the free and mechanical arts (Artes liberales , Artes mechanicae), for new experimental arrangeme…

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Klotz, Sebastian, “Acoustics”, in: Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online, Editors of the English edition: Graeme Dunphy, Andrew Gow. Original German Edition: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Im Auftrag des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts (Essen) und in Verbindung mit den Fachherausgebern herausgegeben von Friedrich Jaeger. Copyright © J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2005–2012. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-0272_emho_COM_016691>
First published online: 2015
First print edition: 20160321



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