Re: [microsound] the power of sound

[Exegene <exegene@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, sascha.neudeck wrote:

> Hi microsounders,
> I have found an interesting text :
> Genghis Khan, for all practical purposes, conquered most of Asia with 2 divisions of cavalry of some 20,000 each. Aside from the various military tactics which he invented and/or employed, he also utilized what can be loosely described as the ?power of sound.?
*snip*

About that inverse square law : sound intensity is inversely proportional 
to distance from source to observer, squared. So, ca. 142 meters from you, 
imagine, are 20 000 Mongols, egressing their best at your bladder. They 
are as loud as the 1 Mongol 1 meter away.

Maybe what's to do is constructing a large one-stringed quasi banjo, 
something with a sizeable winch to tune with.

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