172 Mr. Harvey's Obfervations 
as in the fame order as the chromaticks of Mufic 
and Painting: 
“« for Nature opens 
‘¢. Proportions mufical in all her parts.’’* 
‘‘ The proportional breadth of the primary or 
“* prifmatick colours, in the order as they are feen 
* in the rainbow, is as follows: and anfwers to the 
‘* mufical notes oppofed to each colour. 
Réd 450. f Ut ( & E as in Fate. 
Orange 27 Si s&s U — in fhut. 
Yellow 48 La ,» U—in Ruby. 
Green 60 \_¥ Sol $=< 1, O—in Mote. 
Blue 60] | Fa 8 A — in Father. 
Indigo 4o- Mi | . ”. I —in Shield. 
Violet 80} Re.” 8 A-—in Wall. 
I thought that this parallel. could not be better 
exemplified than by the Hebrew fyftem of vowels, 
which in fome refpects is certainly fuperior to any 
other in ufe; not even excepting that of the 
_ German vowels, which is very difcriminate. - For 
in the pointed Hebrew there is always a certain 
quantity in the fyllabies; and whoever underftands 
the points can make few or no mifiakes in the 
reading, 
* Sce Euposra,,a Poem on the Univerfe, Book V. 
v. 480. by Capel Lofft, Efq.—fee alfo the note upon the 
fame verfe; which comprehends the comparifon of colours 
with the notes of Mufic. And with thefe I have endea- 
voured to parallel the primary vowels, 
