| RefNo | CLP/2/33/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagrams, whispering place in Gloucester Cathedral by [William Henry Powle] |
| Date | [1662] |
| Description | Drawing of seven figures on the third page of the document, including the layout and structure of a narrow passage in Gloucester Cathedral behind the high altar called a ‘whispering gallery’, in the shape of half of an irregular polygon, about 20 yards in length. The other figures are shapes, rulers, and curved and angled passageways.
Subject: Acoustics / Architecture
Read to the Royal Society on 29 October or 5 November 1662. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | MS/215/031 |
| MS/776/232-33 |
| RBC/1/257 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/2ii/5 |
| RBC/1/58 |
| RBO/2i/5 |
| CLP/7i/29 |
| CLP/2/33 |
| CLP/2/33/1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6139 | Powle; Henry (1630 - 1692) | 1630 - 1692 |