history of noise and noise control

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______________________________________________________________________ Big Bang •It all begins in silence 6 th Century BCE •Province of Greek Aegean colony Sybaris institutes first known noise ordinance, banning roosters, potters, tinsmiths and other tradesmen from living within the city walls due to noise 5 th Century BCE •Hippocrates makes first official identification of Tinnitus (chronic ringing in ears due to noise exposure)

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Page 1: History of Noise and Noise Control

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Big Bang

•It all begins in silence

6th Century BCE

•Province of Greek Aegean colony Sybaris institutes first known noise ordinance, banning roosters, potters, tinsmiths and other tradesmen from living within the city walls due to noise

5th Century BCE

•Hippocrates makes first official identification of Tinnitus (chronic ringing in ears due to noise exposure)

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44th Century BCE

•Julius Cesar passes law in Rome that chariots are not to be driven along cobblestone roads after dark

1595

•London passes bylaw forbidding sudden outcry in the still of night that might disturb neighbors

1700s

•1713 - Italian Physician Bernardini Ramazzini links deafness among Venetian coppersmiths to their trade

•1781 - Invention of steam-engine, prompting industrial revolution and significant increase in mechanical noise

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“The armonica excessively stimulates the nerves, plunges the player into a nagging

depression and hence into a dark and melancholy mood that is apt method for slow annihilation. If you are suffering from any kind of nervous disorder, you should not play it; if

you are not yet ill you should not play it; if you are feeling melancholy you should not play

it.”

- Friedrich Rochlitz, German Musicologist

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1816 - Stethoscope invented in France by Rene Laennec

1831 - Dr. John Fosbroke declares that deafness among blacksmiths is a directconsequence of thier employment; noise recognised as health issue

1864 - Act for the Better Regulation of Street Music in the Metropolis of London passed into law

1879 - Invention of microphone; Mary Walton invents method to significantly decreasing rail noise in New York

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1880 - Rayleigh Disc invented; first noise-measuring device

1883 - Volcanic island of Krakatoa explodes, creating loudest noise in recorded history

1886 - Dr. Thomas Barr conducts first quantitative study of noise-induced hearing loss

1890s - Society for the Suppression of Noise is formed in London due to the new invention of the motor horn; the world's first such society