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Page 44
... common eye un- der this small modification ; but the red not appear- ing to us , we see chiefly the orange excess : it is consequently to us not a modification but a new colour . 3. By a similar method of reasoning , crimson , being ...
... common eye un- der this small modification ; but the red not appear- ing to us , we see chiefly the orange excess : it is consequently to us not a modification but a new colour . 3. By a similar method of reasoning , crimson , being ...
Page 45
... common eye , attending principal- ly to the red , would see little difference in those co- lours ; but we , who form our ideas of the colours from the orange and blue , should perceive the latter to be bluer than the former . 9. From ...
... common eye , attending principal- ly to the red , would see little difference in those co- lours ; but we , who form our ideas of the colours from the orange and blue , should perceive the latter to be bluer than the former . 9. From ...
Page 60
... common sense ) to be general , must be re- ferred to a general cause ; and , as it has been already proved that the diversity in question is not produc . ed by any modification of a simple sound , it follows that some combination of ...
... common sense ) to be general , must be re- ferred to a general cause ; and , as it has been already proved that the diversity in question is not produc . ed by any modification of a simple sound , it follows that some combination of ...
Page 62
... common idea of tone has been consi- dered in conjunction with the received definition of sound ; a definition which easily explains the pha- nomenon abstractedly taken , but is incapable of ac- counting for its various modifications ...
... common idea of tone has been consi- dered in conjunction with the received definition of sound ; a definition which easily explains the pha- nomenon abstractedly taken , but is incapable of ac- counting for its various modifications ...
Page 65
... common course of things . The conclusions that have already appeared in this paper , may incline the reader to imagine , that either the theory is false , or music is a very imperfect art ; because , according to the preceding scheme ...
... common course of things . The conclusions that have already appeared in this paper , may incline the reader to imagine , that either the theory is false , or music is a very imperfect art ; because , according to the preceding scheme ...
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