| Reference number | CLP/2/34 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'Account of an echo' by Sir R [Robert] Moray |
| Date | [1662] |
| Description | Moray reports on an echo experiment he carried out near Rosneath [Argyll and Bute, Scotland]. He placed a trumpeter at a low ground, A, facing toward C, a house built of stone, and asked him to play eight semibreves for about ten seconds. The first echo appeared to come from between B, a rocky precipice, and C; the second one from around D, a church; and the third echo from between D and E, another church. Includes a diagram of the locations in the experiment as well as a musical score of the tune played by the trumpeter.
Subject: Acoustics
Read to the Royal Society on 3 December 1662. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | MS/776/253 |
| MS/92/043 |
| RBC/1/266 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBC/1/61 |
| RBO/2ii/8 |
| RBO/2i/10 |
| CLP/2/34/1 |
| CLP/2/34/2 |
| CLP/2/34/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8261 | Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician | 1608 - 1673 |