PUBLIC HALLS
• 1 IMPROVED DESIGNS. As a result of scientific investigations carried out both in England and the United States, remarkable improve--1 meats have recently been rendered possible in the design and methods of construction of certain public halls and buildings. In the past it has been assumed that in preparing the plans for a new building it is practically inmpossible to give any guarantee of its ocoustic properties, but recent investigations now make it possible for architects to plan buildings in which the audiences will be able to hear perfectly. It has been stated that at the opening of a new building at Washington, for the U.S. Nationar Research Council, designed and constructed in the light of knowledge now available, the President of the United States dropped a pin at a given signal when absolute silence reigned. There were 2000 people present, and it is reported that the sound of the pin falling on the floor was heard all over the building.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19532, 13 March 1926, Page 1 (Supplement)
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163PUBLIC HALLS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19532, 13 March 1926, Page 1 (Supplement)
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