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Phonotelemetry: sound-ranging techniques in World War I

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During the World War I, new devices and new methods for waging war were developed and applied. Among these, the Italian phonotelemetry, sound-ranging techniques for the determination of the position of enemy artillery by the sound emitted by its fire. This paper considers how research in sound detection, which involved mathematicians and their knowledge, became part of the Office of Inventions directed by Vito Volterra. The aim is to situate the scientific instrument in its working context and to show, in particular, how a preconceived concept of precision makes no sense when considered according to the logic of military use. In the case of the Italian device, which relied on human rather than automatic listeners, I will show in particular how the instrument, though rudimentary when in comparison to those of the Allies, especially the French, was actually more efficient in the context in which it was used.
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hal-01157506 , version 1 (28-05-2015)

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Martina Schiavon. Phonotelemetry: sound-ranging techniques in World War I. Lettera Matematica International edition, 2015, pp.27-41. ⟨hal-01157506⟩
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