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Quizzical Pursuit
The Architecture Puzzler
Created by Dave Guadagni
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Solution to Last Week's Puzzler
Architecture Puzzler #430
Question
A decibel is a measure of sound intensity. The word decibel was coined in honor of which famous scientist/ inventor?
Answer
Alexander Graham Bell.
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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects
Quizzical Pursuit is Copyright 2009, Dave Guadagni.
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A museum housing some of Bell's many inventions is part of the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Photo: Walter Reed/ Courtesy Leon Reed
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