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IN NATURE for March 3 you published a letter of mine, in which I stated that the exposition of Helmholtz's theory of musical consonance given in Prof. Tyndall's lectures on Sound was both “radically different from the original, and erroneous.” I supported my assertion by a series of arguments which, both to myself and to other competently informed persons, appeared conclusive.
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TAYLOR, S. On Prof. Tyndall's Exposition of Helmholtz's Theory of Musical Consonance. Nature 1, 581–582 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001581b0
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