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To: rlmorel

The Year 1000, I need to read that. Thanks for the tip.

You might enjoy this one. “Civil War Acoustic Shadows”, Charles D Ross.

“During the Civil War, battles inaudible to those several miles from the fighting were sometimes heard clearly 100 miles from the battlefield, and the careers of prominent Civil War generals were affected by unusual battlefield acoustics. Ross (physics, Longwood College) examines the acoustics of six Civil War battles and looks at the role acoustics played in determining command decisions and in the outcome of the war”

It’s a very cool analysis of how prevailing winds, hills and valleys, forests etc projected sounds in some directions, and muffled them in others in amazing ways.


108 posted on 02/18/2026 9:51:19 PM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: DesertRhino

That is very interesting-I have put that on my list....thank you.


110 posted on 02/19/2026 5:48:07 AM PST by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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