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1. Although he is better known for his studies in astronomy, which scientist is credited with performing the first modern studies of sound in the early 1600s?
2. What seventeenth century French priest and polymath produced three laws governing the vibration of strings and is often referred to as the "father of acoustics?"
3. Athanasius Kircher (1602 - 1680) was a polymath who experimented with or constructed all of the following EXCEPT?
4. Isaac Newton made some of the earliest attempts to measure the speed of sound below the Wren Library at Trinity College. Which method did Newton employ?
5. Blowing into a bottle to produce a tone is an example of a Helmholtz resonator. Which of the following statements regarding resonators is INCORRECT?
6. Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877. Which hard material did he originally use for recording?
7. All of these inventors were involved in developing the carbon microphone, which was the first microphone accurate enough for practical use in telephones. Which inventor and holder of many patents for electrical devices, was eventually awarded the patent for the device?
8. In 1887, Emile Berliner patented the gramophone. Several advancements in sound reproduction technology were gradually introduced on Berliner's gramophones including all of the following EXCEPT?
9. Tivadar Puskás (1844-1893) is credited with having the idea for the telephone exchange. What was the purpose of the telephone exchange?
10. Guglielmo Marconi began using radio waves to transmit signals in 1895 and developed radio telegraphy. He was also the first to send voice communications with radio in 1900.
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