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It is evident , there cannot be any whose vibrations would coincide ( any given number of them ) with each one of C , for if we took sounds vibrating as three or four to one of C , they would be far above our limits .
It is evident , there cannot be any whose vibrations would coincide ( any given number of them ) with each one of C , for if we took sounds vibrating as three or four to one of C , they would be far above our limits .
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every three of C ; of these you will perceive , that the one vibrating as four to every three of C , must move one third faster , and therefore not so fast as the note G already fixed : this one is exactly the note designated F ...
every three of C ; of these you will perceive , that the one vibrating as four to every three of C , must move one third faster , and therefore not so fast as the note G already fixed : this one is exactly the note designated F ...
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To Four Corners , sixty miles in the stage . June 25th . To Canadaigua , forty - eight miles in the stage . -I have now arrived at the place where the roads divide , having from this point described a triangle .
To Four Corners , sixty miles in the stage . June 25th . To Canadaigua , forty - eight miles in the stage . -I have now arrived at the place where the roads divide , having from this point described a triangle .
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in Rhyme | 68 |
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