![]() ![]() There are many whispering galleries across the globe. The sound of a whisper hits the curved ceiling and it is reflected on the floor thus making it possible to hear even faint sounds, as they will cling to the walls. The circular shape of a building helps to transmit the sound from one point to another because sound normally clings to a concave wall thus the whispering gallery phenomenon. In whispering galleries, even the tiniest sounds can be heard in the opposite direction. The whispering gallery phenomenon is possible because just like light waves sound waves can be refracted and be focused. This means that only a person standing near a wall can hear the sound as “only a part of the reflected sound will reach the ear at a time” (Silliman 275). ![]() ![]() Thus, standing on a focal point makes it possible for a person at the opposite end of the building to hear the whisper. In architecture, whispering galleries are explained as the spaces beneath an elliptical or circular area. ![]()
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