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Noise pollution

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  • A man who is trying to read being disturbed by a family in conversation. Wood engraving by Swain after F. Barnard.
  • A young man is shouting at a man playing the trombone at 2.30 in the morning, for waking him and his family up during the night. Engraving by Robert Graves, 1834, after R.W. Buss.
  • The enraged musician: a street crowd with a ballad singer is creating such a noise that the musician in the window has to put his hands over his ears. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1741.
  • The enraged musician: a street crowd with a ballad singer is creating such a noise that the musician in the window has to put his hands over his ears. Engraving by J. June after W. Hogarth.
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    A man who is trying to read being disturbed by a family in conversation. Wood engraving by Swain after F. Barnard.

    Barnard, Frederick, 1846-1896. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 27072i
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    A young man is shouting at a man playing the trombone at 2.30 in the morning, for waking him and his family up during the night. Engraving by Robert Graves, 1834, after R.W. Buss.

    Buss, Robert William, 1804-1875. | Date: June 2 1834 | Reference: 34124i
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    The enraged musician: a street crowd with a ballad singer is creating such a noise that the musician in the window has to put his hands over his ears. Engraving by J. June after W. Hogarth.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Reference: 34120i
    • Books

    Why noise matters : a worldwide perspective on the problems, policies and solutions / John Stewart with Arline Bronzaft, Francis McManus, Nigel Rodgers and Val Wheedon.

    Stewart, John, 1949- | Date: 2011
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    Making noise : from Babel to the big bang & beyond / Hillel Schwartz.

    Schwartz, Hillel, 1948- | Date: [2011], ©2011
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