(6) Echoes and Whispers: (a) The Whispering Gallery in St Paul's Cathedral

The Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral was developed as part of Wren’s design in the late seventeenth century.

• A Note on the Whispering Gallery by A.E. Bate (abstract)
• St Paul's Cathedral: the Whispering Gallery
• Whispering-Gallery Phenomena at St. Paul's Cathedral by C.V. Raman and G.A. Sutherland (abstract in Nature)
• Wikipedia: a list of Whispering Galleries worldwide
• Optical Characterisation: Whispering Gallery Modes (University of Bristol)
• Plasmonic Whispering Gallery Microcavity Paves the Way to Future Nanolasers

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