ABSTRACT

Science and Sound 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. In the context of rapid urbanization and industrialization, as well as a growing overseas empire, Britain was home to a rich scientific culture in which the ear was as valuable an organ as the eye for examining nature. Experiments on how sound behaved informed new understandings of how a diverse array of natural phenomena operated, notably those of heat, light, and electro-magnetism. In nineteenth-century Britain, sound was not just a phenomenon to be studied, but central to the practice of science itself and broader understandings over nature and the universe. This collection, accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, will be of great interest to students and scholars of the History of Science.

chapter 7|25 pages

Observations on the Design for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

As Executed in the Year 1812: Accompanied by Plans, Elevation, & Sections, of the Same

chapter 12|6 pages

An Imperial Pitchfork

chapter 13|5 pages

English Committee on Musical Pitch

chapter 14|5 pages

Uniform Musical Pitch

chapter 15|21 pages

Uniform Musical Pitch

Minutes of a Meeting of Musicians, Amateurs, and others Interested in Music, Held at the House of the Society of Arts, when the Report of the Committee Appointed by the Council of the Society was Received and Adopted

chapter 17|8 pages

Musical Pitch

chapter 18|7 pages

Orchestral Tuning

chapter 19|125 pages

The History of Musical Pitch

chapter 20|18 pages

On Musical Scales