Whispering-gallery wave Whispering-gallery wave Whispering-gallery waves, or whispering-gallery modes, are a type of wave that can travel around a concave surface. Originally discovered for sound waves in the whispering gallery of St Paul’s Cathedral, they can exist for light and for other waves, with important applications in nondestructive testing, lasing, cooling and sensing, as well as in astronomy. Whispering-gallery waves were first explained for the case of St Paul's Cathedral circa 1878 by Lord Rayleigh, who revised a previous misconception that whispers could be heard across the dome but not at any intermediate position. He explained the phenomenon of travelling whispers with
The Whispering Vault The Whispering Vault The Whispering Vault is a horror-themed role-playing game originally published in 1993. At Gen Con 26 Mike Nystul self-published a limited edition of a new horror RPG called "The Whispering Vault" (1993); by the next year, he was ready to release an expanded and more professional version into distribution and thus Pariah Press was born. "The Whispering Vault" was primarily appreciated for its well-themed art and for its evocative background, and put story first by making combat brutal and quick and by presenting a simple target-based task resolution system. Nystul only managed to publish a few supplements