Athanasii Kircheri ... Phonurgia nova sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis et natvrae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum. Quâ universa sonorum natura, proprietas, vires effectuúmq prodigiosorum causœ, novâ & multiplici experimentorum exhibitione enucleantur; instrumentorum acusticorum, machinarúmq ad naturœ prototypon adaptandarum, tum ad sonos ad remotissima spatia propagandos, tum in abditis domorum recessibus per occultioris ingenii machinamenta clam palámve sermocinandi modus & ratio traditur, tum denique in bellorum tumultibus singularis hujusmodi organorum usus, & praxis per novam phonologiam describitur / [Athanasius Kircher].

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Credit: Athanasii Kircheri ... Phonurgia nova sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis et natvrae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum. Quâ universa sonorum natura, proprietas, vires effectuúmq prodigiosorum causœ, novâ & multiplici experimentorum exhibitione enucleantur; instrumentorum acusticorum, machinarúmq ad naturœ prototypon adaptandarum, tum ad sonos ad remotissima spatia propagandos, tum in abditis domorum recessibus per occultioris ingenii machinamenta clam palámve sermocinandi modus & ratio traditur, tum denique in bellorum tumultibus singularis hujusmodi organorum usus, & praxis per novam phonologiam describitur / [Athanasius Kircher]. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.