DevilDriver - Before The Hangmans Noose

COUVER (Sauveur) Joseph (24 III 1653, La Flèche - 9 VII 1716, Paris) - French. mathematician and acoustics. Ch. The king. Academy of Sciences (since 1696). From 1670 he gave lessons in Paris, from 1681 an assistant Frenchman. Physics E. Marriott. Since 1686, professor of mathematics at the Paris College. Being deaf, he nevertheless made a number of outstanding discoveries in the field of muses. Acoustics - the first to offer an accurate way to determine the number of sound vibrations using beats; for the first time, based on the research of M. Mersenne, scientifically explained the phenomenon of overtones; in this regard, introduced the concept of "basic tone". S. emphasized the importance of overtones for studying the principles of harmony and for playing the organ.