Sabine rejected Vitruvius’s vessel sound-enhancement scheme as impossible

Evidence

A much more modern commentator, Wallace Clement Sabine, the father of modern architectural acoustics, quotes Vitruvius in a 1913 article on theater acoustics but goes on to say that “it could not possibly have accomplished the purpose as outlined by Vitruvius.” — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 1261

Categorization

• XREF: Sabine is a recurring touchstone in architectural acoustics history; connects to the reader’s sound-history interests.