404 / 868
J\I
u
s
T",nnu . 111e
in.en,l. of .he n<.' es of.1I (har p
k<)"I
. nd
flJ!
keys refpeé\ivcly, are prepon ion.1. T he,c·
for~,
the finiing
¡,¡t
hght in an Ilnknown c1ilF will !Jo
by
rnn:pofing out
oC
the
g¡v~n
clilr,
into tha you ilre
¡l:.
quainted with.
This i. done by naming .he key in .he cliff you are to
tr"nrpare iota, 2nd
ddlinguifhing
whctht:t
lh~
fong hath
J.
S..
or (harp
3d,
comp", d .o .he eXlnt ples of .he ninc
fhal'p and
f~\'en
f}ítt
keya in ure,
knowlng
the n__me of
clCh
c1ifr'.
No\;".
lhe oame of
the ba(s cldf
15
F,
of
[he
tenor
e,
and uf .ho !reble
G .
Le. i. be required .o fing
.h~
no.csin .he follawing
tx~mpl\!
in the ¡ufs
c1ifF
unknown ;
tranfpof'!d ¡oto lhe
trer.)::
with
wlllch
you are acquainted . No.
I
J
7.
T he
INh:5
in
lh..:
uppermoU line, in the ba(s
cliff
J
are
inG.
In .he fceond line • •d !reble clifF, .hey are in
E.
D ..
MONST P. ....T I ON .
By the rulcsoftranfpofition they
are
th:::
fc:.:ond anJ
firth
inllancc! in the
(h,lrp
key; then
,hey are pfoponional :
ir
proponionaI. the femitones are
prc(ef\'ed in chelr pJopcr
places:
but
ke(piog
or
fingi ng
lh-;.> femiton(s
m
,helr
plClces,
is
tuning
the nOtes
orthe oc·
u ve nght
i
,herelClrc this traoípolilion frem
lhe bars
clifF
into thl!
HebJ~
is
Cinging
by
no[~
nght.
1 he
fan1~
exarnple in the tenor.
~o.
(18.
T he
notes
of lbe tenor
are
in
F;
thofe of
the treble
in
E .
Ra.
,hoy are .he nin.h "nd fií. h inOance. of
fu..
p key., thercfore proponiooal;
and
if proportional,
6 , .
Ag.in, let Ihe Ireble be tite unkaowD cli/f. No.
1
t9.
111
U S
MUSK, a d ry, ligh., and friable fubllanct, of a da rk
bl.ekiO, eolour, .ioged wilh purp!e; i. i•• kind of
Ferfume of • very flrong fcen., and only agreuble
when in a ve'y fmal! qu.n.i.y, or moderated by lile
mixture of fume other perfume.
1t
is (ound in a kind
of b'g or 'umour which grows under .h. bclly of .he
mofchu!l mo(chiferus. See
MO~CIH' S .
MuO. is broughl
'0
us few,d up in a kind of bladdoT!
or cafes of
o.inof . he bigncf, of a pigeon's egg, or
larger.
each containing
from two
or threc drams'
tO
an
ounee of
mulle
Thefe
are eovered with a bro'Nnifh
hair. anei
are
the real eapfules in whieh the
muf)<
¡s
lodged whilc on .he animal. T ha! whieh i, un.dul·
terated '
ppe.rsin marres, of loore and friable gro·
nuJes. which are (ort
tO
lhe touch. and
ea~ l y
crllmble:
betweeo
lhe
fi ngers, fceJíng fomewhat fmooth aod une–
lUOUS.
MuO, token inwordly prodllces eafe from pai n, quiet
fleep, and a
copious diaphordis :
h~nce
it
hls
been
fouad of
~r('at
ufe
io
fpafmodlc difordcrs, petechia!,
maligrlan t,
plltrid fC·le rs.
the:
j.ilditlemper. hieeoughs,
&c.
and
Dr
"'1all obferves, .hal i.
has
be<n found ufe·
f,,1 in fp.fmodic d¡forde", given by w'y of clyller.
T he opera .:on of muO, io fome rdpeth refunbles
.ha<
or opium;
but
it does
nOl
leave bchind
ít
any flupor or
Ianguidnt:f!, which lhe
lancr
orten does. Murk Jlke–
Ylif< f<enlS
J¡kcly
tO .ufwtr
10
Ihofe
bl"l
, "li:s
wher:
e
K.
353
The
nntes
o( rhe treble <He in D . o( lhe tenor in
e.
they . ,..ht .hird and
lidl
ioltanees of (hup "eys; .here–
fore propuu ion!tl,
Oc.
~his
demontlr.JtÍon {rom proportion extl!!lds to all
pofl,bl: Cafl!9,
and thcrcfore nlJkes
lhe
propofilion
uni.
verfdl.
The lall example (hall be in .he 'enor cliff, fel i. Ihe
uf",1 placeo, and in
a
fu.
key. No. J
20.
In .he upper llave
.he
key is
G.
In che
f~cond,
o.
In .he .hird,
D.
BUI .hefe keys are the .hird. •he
(ixlh
and
fecond .inní\llces
of Ihe feven
Aat
keys:
heno:e
Ihey
are
proporuonal :
therefore {inging
theol
io
th:~
nro.
portian.
is
pref.o:rving {he
femitones; and th('refan: tinging
Ihem "&h,,
On .hefe principies, it io apprchended, .he art of
r.ng–
ing by OOJe
IS
rendered intellig:ble. and .he performance
tolenoly ••fy ; and .his cfpcmlly by reOloving .he d,ffi–
cult il!s whieh have
tak.enIhe,r
" fe
froll1
the:
manncr
of
deli\"ering the precepts,
anJ
from lhe ufage of variety
of
clifr,:
ddncuhies, which are
the e1rells,
\Ve
may fay.
of
tOO
much
?on,
and for
this
reafon
perhap,
the
OlGre
perplexill¡l
j
for whalevt'rof thi.. kind
may arife
from the
na.u re of .he fubjeé! of ar,y fcienoc, ,he fame nHy by a!,
temion and Uuciy in time be furmounled,
fllch
e?fes
Iying
open
10
every
ones
inqlliry
j
ir
bei ng the bu(inefs
of
evcry fe?rcher
iOl0
nature
to conlemplate tlle
things.
Ihemfelvcs, and ro
m.kethe ben ufe of fueh difeoYerie.
as offer
themrdves
towards the funher improvement
of
[cicnee.
?vI U S
fleep is
much
wanted,
and
opiates
are
improper.
It
is
faid
'0
be bell given in a bolu., in which form thofe
who are mon aveTCe
tO
perrumes may take
it
wilhout
inconvenience. Fifleen
graios
or more are no\V given
in
I
dore with
great
fllccefs.
MUSKET,
a
fire·"m boro on .he OtOulder, and ufed io
war.
The
length of
a
muf)<et is
6:;ed
al
thl ce
feee
eíght
inches from
the
mU7.zle 10
th~
polO,
and
it
carri:s
• b, 11 of fi x.ccn lO the pou nd.
M USKETOON, • kind of
O.on.hick
".un,e.,
whofc
hore
ís the
thirty.eighth
pan
of il!
Jenglll: il earríes
five
ounees
of
iron. or feven
and
a half of !cad, with
an
equ?1quantilY
of
powder.
This
ís
lhe
(hortd!
fort
of bluoderburr...
MUS L IN, • line fo", of cOllon c!o.h. whieh bears
?
dowoy
kfl:Jp on
¡tS
(u rfJce. There are
ft'\'t'raJ
fons
01'
munios Lrought
fro;n
the
E ..
n
Indies, ilnd more:
pil rfi ~
cularly
rrom
Bengal; fuch as doreas, l.u.;tclles)
rr.ul·mllh , ';l.njeebs.
Oc.
M U5SIENDA, in botany,
a
genus of .he pen.andri.•
mooogynia cbfs. The coroll. is funncl Utap"d ; i. hos
t
\vo
1hicklfh
niflmau ;
th~
berry
is oblonr,. :md lbe
fueb
are d,fpofed iota
rou r
feries.
Thcle is bUl
ODe
fpecies. a nau ve of
rodia..
IlIU SSELflO HO UG H , • Porl·.o",n of SeotlonJ,
in .h~
iI,i," of Lo.lti. n,
ti.
mile, eall of Edinburg lt .
~1U~TARD,
in bO'Jny.
Seo
SINAr ••
MUS·