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Sound may be seen /

"A Welsh singer and philanthropist, Margaret Watts Hughes (1842-1907) invented the eidophone, a device for creating images of sound that she called Voice Figures. The valued the scientific and spiritual implications of her discovery, while members of the Theosophical movement saw it as a way to...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Christine Burgin Books, 2025.
Series:The further reading library
Subjects:
Watts Hughes, > Mrs. > (Megan), > 1842-1907.
Sound in art.
Voice.
Vocal registers.
Theosophists.
Voix > Registres.
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Summary:"A Welsh singer and philanthropist, Margaret Watts Hughes (1842-1907) invented the eidophone, a device for creating images of sound that she called Voice Figures. The valued the scientific and spiritual implications of her discovery, while members of the Theosophical movement saw it as a way to make visible the invisible. Sound May Be Seen presents rare surviving Voice Figure glass slides alongside contemporary reactions to her enigmatic work."--back cover.
Physical Description:85 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780997645668
0997645660