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VII. Later from the Right Honourable Earl StAnMopE, 

 relative to Dr. Callcott's Pamphlet on the Stanhope 

 Ternperameut, 



To Mr, TillocL 



-, SIR, Stratford Place, Feb. 3, 1808. 



1 HAVE just read the paper *^ On the Stanhope and other 

 Temperaments of the Musical Scale " which is written by 

 Mr. John Farey, and published in the last number of 

 your Philosophical Magazine. The inaccuracy of Mr. Fa- 

 rcy's statement obliges me to inform you correctly what the 

 facts were. 



Some months ago I received from Dr. Callcott a printed 

 copy of a pamphlet, entitled, " Plain Statement of Earl 

 Stanhope's Temperament, by Dr. Callcott" He begged me 

 to look it over, and to correct it, previous to its publication. 

 But, at that time, I was extremely busy about my nautical 

 and other important pursuits, which made it very incon- 

 venient to me to comply with his request. I received from 

 the Doctor a letter, dated June 10th> 1807, of which the 

 following are extracts, viz. 



" Curiosity has been so strongly excited by the Stanhope 

 Temperament, that I thought it my duty even to record mv 

 own errors on the subject ; and therefore have printed 500 

 copies of the pamphlet, not to sell, but merely to distribute 

 hereafter, as evidence how incorrect, imperfect, and in- 

 complete my notions were, compared with the improve- 

 ments now making by the superior mathematical and expe- 

 rimental researches of Earl Stanhope." 



*' I have ordered the advertisement of publication to be 

 inserted in all the papers for the 26th of June, and I pledge 

 myself to print it exactly conformable to your lordship's 

 corrections, which real copy will be sufficiently distinguished 

 from the spurious one, by the sole insertion of the four 

 pages of music at the end. 



*' Immediately on the receipt of your corrected proof, I 

 shall commence my Letter to the duke of Cumberland, to 

 whom of course I have not yet applied 5 and I have also 



considered 



