List of Catalogues of English Book Sales, 1676-1900
List of Catalogues of English Book Sales, 1676-1900

Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books

Publisher:

Published: 1915

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13:

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Item forms a comprehensive list of the British Museum, Department of Printed Books collection of catalogues of books sales and auctions held between 1676, the first time books were sold at aution in England, until the end of the ninteenth century.

John Wallis: Writings on Music
John Wallis: Writings on Music

Author: David Cram

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1351561480

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John Wallis (1616-1703), was one of the foremost British mathematicians of the seventeenth century, and is also remembered for his important writings on grammar and logic. An interest in music theory led him to produce translations into Latin of three ancient Greek texts - those of Ptolemy, Porphyry and Bryennius - and involved him in discussions with Henry Oldenburg, the Secretary of the Royal Society, Thomas Salmon and other individuals as his ideas developed. The texts presented in this volume cover the relationship of ancient and modern tuning theory, the building of organs, the phenomena of resonance, and other musical topics.