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The soundscape of modernity : architectural acoustics and the culture of listening in America, 1900-1933
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ISBN: 0262701065 9780262701068 9780262201384 0262201380 Year: 2004 Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts MIT Press

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In this history of aural culture in early-twentieth-century America, Emily Thompson charts dramatic transformations in what people heard and how they listened. What they heard was a new kind of sound that was the product of modern technology. They listened as newly critical consumers of aural commodities. By examining the technologies that produced this sound, as well as the culture that enthusiastically consumed it, Thompson recovers a lost dimension of the Machine Age and deepens our understanding of the experience of change that characterized the era. Reverberation equations, sound meters, microphones, and acoustical tiles were deployed in places as varied as Boston's Symphony Hall, New York's office skyscrapers, and the soundstages of Hollywood. The control provided by these technologies, however, was applied in ways that denied the particularity of place, and the diverse spaces of modern America began to sound alike as a universal new sound predominated. Although this sound--clear, direct, efficient, and nonreverberant--had little to say about the physical spaces in which it was produced, it speaks volumes about the culture that created it. By listening to it, Thompson constructs a compelling new account of the experience of modernity in America.


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La voix.
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ISBN: 2130544916 9782130544913 Year: 2004 Volume: 627 Publisher: Paris PUF


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Effects of meteorological conditions on reactions to noise exposure
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Year: 2004 Publisher: Hampton, Va. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center,

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Gunilla Klingberg: Repeat Pattern
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Year: 2004 Publisher: Helsinki KIASMA, Nykytaiteen Museo, Museum of Contemporary Art

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The beginnings of modern philosophy of music in England : Francis North's A philosophical essay of musick (1677) with comments of Isaac Newton, Roger North and in the Philosophical Transactions.
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ISBN: 0754601390 9780754601395 Year: 2004 Publisher: Aldershot Ashgate

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Mechanical vibrations.
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ISBN: 0131207687 0130489875 Year: 2004 Publisher: Upper Saddle River Pearson Education

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Samenvatting:With an emphasis on computer techniques of analysis, this book presentsthe theory, computational aspects, and applications of vibrations in assimple a manner as possible. This text gives expanded explanations of thefundamentals of vibration including history of vibration, degree offreedom systems, vibration control, vibration measurement, and more. Forengineers and other professionals who want a clear introduction tovibration engineering


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Timo Vartiainen: Tsurraa
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ISBN: 9515326214 Year: 2004 Publisher: Helsinki KIASMA, Nykytaiteen Museo, Museum of Contemporary Art

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Concert halls and opera houses : music, acoustics, and architecture
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ISBN: 0387955240 1441930388 0387216367 Year: 2004 Publisher: New York, N.Y. Springer

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The first question any lover of classical music usually asks an acoustician is, "Which are the best halls in the world?" The response -the three halls rated highest by world-praised conductors and music critics of the largest newspapers were built in 1870, 1888, and 1900- always prompts the next query: "Why are those so good while many halls built after 1950 seem to be mediocre or failures?" You will find answers to these questions in this book, the result of a half-century's research into the very complex field of acoustics of halls for music. Following the first chapters, which establish a base for understanding the effects of acoustics on composers, performers, and listeners, and guiding the reader to a common vocabulary, the bullz of this book, Chapter 3, contains the write-ups, photographs, drawings, and architectural details on 100 existing halls in 31 countries. Thirty of the halls are completely new. Although the remainder appeared in earlier books by the author, the materials have been updated wherever necessary. The later chapters present the relation of a hall's acoustics to its age, shape, type of seats, and the materials used for the walls and ceiling. The sequence of events that led to Boston Symphony Hall's excellent acoustics, which opened in 1900, is covered in detail-although it went through a troubled first few years because the leading local music critic considered the predecessor hall as better. Detailed discussions also appear for balcony, box, stage, and pit designs. All the known electroacoustical measurements on 100 existing halls are examined and compared with the rank orders of 58 concert halls and 21 opera houses that were obtained from interviews and questionnaires. Finally, the optimal electro-acoustical results are presented for concert halls and opera houses used for today's repertoires. Three appendices supplement the chapters: the first gives definitions of all of the major acoustical and architectural terms and symbols used in the book; the second provides the electro-acoustical data available on the 100 halls; and the third presents in tabular form much of the dimensional and electro-acoustical data for the 100 halls. .

Perpendicular Magnetic Recording
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ISBN: 1280190159 9786610190157 1402027230 1402026625 Year: 2004 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,

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Magnetic recording is expected to become core technology in a multi-billion dollar industry in the in the very near future. Some of the most critical discoveries regarding perpendicular write and playback heads and perpendicular media were made only during the last several years as a result of extensive and intensive research in both academia and industry in their fierce race to extend the superparamagnetic limit in the magnetic recording media. These discoveries appear to be critical for implementing perpendicular magnetic recording into an actual disk drive. This book addresses all the open questions and issues which need to be resolved before perpendicular recording can finally be implemented successfully, and is the first monograph in many years to address this subject. This book is intended for graduate students, young engineers and even senior and more experienced researchers in this field who need to acquire adequate knowledge of the physics of perpendicular magnetic recording in order to further develop the field of perpendicular recording.


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Pierre Huyghe
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Year: 2004 Publisher: Rivoli Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea

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