A NON-MATHEMATICAL TREATISE ON THE

PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION OF

Musical Sounds and Harmony,

INCLUDING

THE CHIEF ACOUSTICAL DISCOVERIES OF

PROFESSOR HELMHOLTZ.

BY

SEDLEY TAYLOR, M.A.
LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

IB

London:

MACMILLAN AND CO.

1873.

[All Rights reserved.]

174. f. 17.

ΤΟ

SIR WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT

(PRINCIPAL),

AND TO THE

PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS,

OF THE

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC,

THIS VOLUME IS, WITH SINCERE RESPECT, DEDICATED.