{"product_id":"altered-sensations-david-pantalony-9789048128150","title":"Altered Sensations: Rudolph Koenig's Acoustical Workshop in Nineteenth-Century Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorkshops in the history of science\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShowroom: The business of instrument making\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaboratory: Instrument making and experimentation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife as an instrument maker\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSound in history\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 - Training \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJourney to Paris \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVuillaume's violin workshop - 1851-1858 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom violins to tuning forks \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe scientific instrument trade in Paris \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 - Hermann von Helmholtz and the Sensations of Tone \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHermann von Helmholtz \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhysical acoustics - theory and instruments (tuning forks, tonometer, double siren) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstruments as agents of change\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExperimental results \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhysiological acoustics - the piano as a model for the inner ear \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychological acoustics - resonators as aids for hearing simple tones \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first sound synthesizer \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA theory of harmony and music\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 - Transformations in the workshop \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInside Parisian workshops\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe phonautograph and the origins of graphical acoustics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrecision and graphical acoustics \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \"Plaque tournante\"at Rue Hautefeuille: Transforming Helmholtz's acoustics Demonstrating Helmholtz: Adam Politzer and Koenig at the Académie des Sciences Manometric flame capsule and optical acoustics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 - The market and its influences \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first year of business - from the workshop to the classroom \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1862 London Exhibition \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelling Helmholtz's instruments \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFunction replaces beauty: 1867 Exposition in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmericans at the Fair. William B. Rogers, Alexander Graham Bell and MIT \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Parisian science monopoly and a Portuguese customer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 - Constructing a reputation, 1866-1879\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeasuring the velocity of sound in the sewers of Paris \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating vowel sounds out of wood, brass and steel \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeing a voice: manometric vowel studies \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtending the tonometer one file mark at a time\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChoosing the right steel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing the workshop into combination-tone studies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrecision and livelihood under attack: the Koenig clock fork\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 - Expanding the North American Market, 1871-1882. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecovery from the turmoil of 1870-71 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThird catalogue, 1873 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoseph Henry and the Smithsonian Institution \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCentennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, 1876 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Loudon and the University of Toronto \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Cette ville de malheur\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic lectures at Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 - The Faraday of sound \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife at Quai d'Anjou: 1882-1901 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe combination-tone controversy in England \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorkshop as theatre \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeidelberg 1889: the German response \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe dispute over timbre\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWave sirens\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack to vibrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUltrasonics and le domaine de la fantaisie\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion - Beyond Sensations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1. Key dates in Rudolph Koenig's life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCatalogue Raisonné\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. The principal means for producing sound\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Cause and nature of sound\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Pitch of sounds\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Timbre of sound\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Propagation of sound\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. Simple vibrations of the different bodies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII. Communications of vibrations - Vibrations of simple bodies - Compound vibrations in simple bodies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVIII. Phenomena due to the coexistance of two or more sounds in air\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIX. Methods for studying sonorous vibrations without assistance of the ear\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eX. Apparatus for the mechanical representation of vibrations and wave movements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXI. Acoustic apparatus for practical use\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Pantalony\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9048128153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789048128150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.10d","brand":"David Pantalony","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44126084399359,"sku":"9789048128150","price":199.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf51bbb7-9bac-4d91-a486-ccecf31ad632.jpg?v=1687446198","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/altered-sensations-david-pantalony-9789048128150","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}