Subject: Re: question on localization with "horns" From: Jan Schnupp <jan@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:28:38 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>------=_Part_69911_14658551.1170188918393 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline My colleague Doug Hartley has just made me aware of the following web page which also seems relevant to this thread (and rather fun). Jan http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=486 On 30/01/07, robert gjerdingen <r-gjerdingen@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Since von Hornbostel's name came up in this thread, I might mention > that he and others from the Stumpf circle in Berlin used widely > spaced horn-like receivers to work on the problem of artillery > spotting for the Prussian army in WWI. > > Bob Gjerdingen > Northwestern Univ. > > -- Dr Jan Schnupp University of Oxford Dept. of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics Sherrington Building - Parks Road Oxford OX1 3PT - UK +44-1865-272513 www.oxfordhearing.com ------=_Part_69911_14658551.1170188918393 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline My colleague Doug Hartley has just made me aware of the following web page which also seems relevant to this thread (and rather fun).<br> <br> Jan<br> <br> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=486" target="_blank">http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=486</a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 30/01/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"> robert gjerdingen</b> <<a href="mailto:r-gjerdingen@xxxxxxxx">r-gjerdingen@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Since von Hornbostel's name came up in this thread, I might mention<br>that he and others from the Stumpf circle in Berlin used widely<br>spaced horn-like receivers to work on the problem of artillery<br>spotting for the Prussian army in WWI. <br><br>Bob Gjerdingen<br>Northwestern Univ.<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Dr Jan Schnupp<br>University of Oxford<br>Dept. of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics<br>Sherrington Building - Parks Road <br>Oxford OX1 3PT - UK<br>+44-1865-272513<br><a href="http://www.oxfordhearing.com">www.oxfordhearing.com</a> ------=_Part_69911_14658551.1170188918393--