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At the Goonhilly Earth Station visitor centre (currently closed), there are two sound mirrors set up at opposite ends of the centre indoors, allowing people to
by mnw21cam 12y ago
At the Goonhilly Earth Station visitor centre (currently closed), there are two sound mirrors set up at opposite ends of the centre indoors, allowing people to communicate across the whole room. The effect is really quite weird.
- zimpenfish 12y agoSt Paul's has the Whispering Gallery which demonstrates a similar principle - http://www.sonicwonders.org/whispering-galleries/ http://www.sonicwonders.org/whispering-galleries/
- madaxe_again 12y agoMany galleries in domes have the same property - if you ever go to a large concave concrete dam, you can use a similar phenomenon to talk to someone on the far side.
- meigwilym 12y agoThere's also an example in Techniquest, Cardiff (UK) www.techniquest.org.