Phonurgia Nova ("New Science of Sound Production")[1] is a 1673 work by the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher. It is notable for being the first book ever dedicated entirely to the science of acoustics,[2]: 21 and for containing the earliest description of an aeolian harp.[3] It was dedicated to the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and printed in Kempten by Rudoph Dreherr.[4][2]: 17
- ^ Tronchin, Lamberto (2008). The 'Phonurgia Nova' of Athanasius Kircher: The Marvellous sound world of 17th century. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. asa.scitation.org. Acoustical Society of America. p. 015002. doi:10.1121/1.2992053. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b Joscelyn Godwin (2015). Athanasius Kircher's Theatre of the World. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-29174-0.
- ^ Eric J. Heller (2013). Why You Hear what You Hear: An Experiential Approach to Sound, Music, and Psychoacoustics. Princeton University Press. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-691-14859-5.
- ^ Kircher, Athanasius. "Phonurgia Nova sive Coniugium Mechanicophysicum artis et naturae Paranympha Phonosophia concinnatum". archive.org. Retrieved 11 April 2020.