ARISING FROM VIBRATIONS OF ALIQUOT DIVISIONS OF STRINGS ACCORDING TO THE GRADUAL PROGRESS OF THE NOTES, FROM THE MIDDLE, TO THE REMOTE EXTREMES; EXPLAINING SIMPLY, BY CURVED DELINEATIONS, THE MANNER IN WHICH THE HARMONIC TONES, HALF AND QUARTER NOTES, ARE GENERATED AND PRODUCED ON EVERY CORRESPONDING PERT OF THE STRING; AND UNDER A COPIOUS EXPLANATORY DESCRIPTION ILLUSTRATED BY MUSICAL AND APPROPRIATE PLATES, GIVING AN EASY AND FAMILIAR ADAPTATION OF THE WHOLE TO THE PURPOSES OF COMPOSITION AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, AND MORE PARTICULARLY, TO THE PRACTICE OF THE VIOLIN, TENOR, TENOR, VIOLONCELLO AND DOUBLE BASS, ON ALL THE STRINGS, AND IN EVERY COMPASS OF THESE INSTRUMENTS, BY EVERY PRACTICAL MODE OF EXECUTION; WITH SOME MUSICAL ANIMADVERSIONS INTRODUCTORY OF THE GENERAL SUBJECT, BRIEFLY ALLUDING TO THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF MUSIC, AND TO THE CORRECTIONS OF TEMPERAMENT: AND STATING VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS OF INSTRUMENTS, EXPERIMENTALLY ASCERTAINED: CONCLUDING WITH AN APPLICATION OR TWO OF THE PRINCIPLE OF MUSICAL NOTES, TO PURPOSES OF UTILITY, AND A REFERENCE TO TERMS LESS GENERALLY NOTICED. BY JOHN MACDONALD, Esq. F. R. S. F. A. S. LATE LIEUTENANT COLONEL; CHIEF ENGINEER, AND COMMANDANT OF ARTILLERY ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUMATRA. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR. 1822. In fólio de 35x25 cm. com xiv, 42, 23 pags. Encadernação da época inteira de marroquim vermelho com ferros a ouro nas pastas, lombada e seixas. Exemplar dourado por folhas. Ilustrado com 5 estampas em extra texto e com notação musical nas últimas 23 pags.