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Sound was secret weapon in Civil War

Because Civil War commanders relied on the sounds of battles to make judgments, unexpected acoustical effects may have altered the course of the war.

 

References:

Ross, C.D. 1998. Outdoor sound propagation in the U.S. Civil War. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 104(September):1752.

 

Sources:

Charles D. Ross
Longwood College
Department of Natural Sciences
Farmville, VA 23909

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 18, October 31, 1998, p. 284.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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