Not an accident! Absolutely by design! The gallery was built to demonstrate this amazing feature. The ENTIRE building is an acoustic marvel!!!! 5+ second reverb in main building is ethereal!!!
I think you will find that the effect of the whispering gallery is not a "Quirk" but a design. There seems to be a good number of these around the world including one in Grand central station. I would suggest that Wren knew exactly what he was designing.
Not an accident! Absolutely by design! The gallery was built to demonstrate this amazing feature. The ENTIRE building is an acoustic marvel!!!! 5+ second reverb in main building is ethereal!!!
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I think you will find that the effect of the whispering gallery is not a "Quirk" but a design. There seems to be a good number of these around the world including one in Grand central station. I would suggest that Wren knew exactly what he was designing.