FOU 529 FOU 
_ Fortrose © FORTROSE. See Ross-suine, 4259687,3227. Itis equal2V+4VI, bywhich itmay Fourth. 
a. FOULAH, an island in the Atlantic Ocean, connect« be tuned. —— 
Fourteents Minor (14), the octave or replicate of 
“Fourteenth, elieneietind, from which it is distant about 20 miles 
It is situated in North Latitude 60° 4’, and West 
2 1° 45". It is about three miles long, and one 
ene etl bedeervrben ce mens and pre- 
senting to the-ocean.several precipices. from 800: to 900 
- feetiin height. Thepesia rope bende hcp tiatiel can 
be taken in calm weather only. During 
foam and _ and the island is then inaccessible. The 
rocks are gneiss and mica slate, supporting horizontal 
beds of sandstone, slate, clay, and clay-ironstone. In 
the cliffs of sandstone, innumerable multitudes of sea- 
fowl hatch their ~ When approached in a boat, in 
the breeding season, if any noise is made, the old birds 
leave their nests in such numbers as ‘aby stom ampom 
Here the different kinds of gulls. resor 
the stormfinch (Procellaria ) 2 glen 
oe may be found ; and in the corn-fields 
saute caland. the voice “of the Jand-rail proe 
othe inhabits, east ap egg eagron 
oe ie se i ey 
Pato oe, In order to toy 
ws nc os oe eng ie mow igh presi 
be expe, Zaaayof tae a enturous natives 
Wein ete ey on = 
is matter o} tation, 
stage often be‘Heard to boast that they are 
the descendants of those who have gaen afore, or of those 
who have perished among the rocks. 
shore were pointed! out to the 
writer of this article, where these melancholy events had 
, The ‘island is ‘seen in clear weather from the Orkneys, 
and hence is with probability, to have 
inal Thule of Tatoos . 
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tenga op Fo pe eo 
tion,” practical tuners of organs and 
ft aj, by th b gt eg a eeace 
yy their an ce 
the others” above and below them are means 
FP aan many tuners are in the habit of Jaying:their 
Savon,» they call it, hatyroess shel’. thet fa below, 
and that which is above the Tenor-cliff C ; but we prefer 
the octave above the latter note, and te this octave Ce, 
are the tables of beats for different systems calculated, 
that are given in our work ; the lower note making 240, 
and. complete vabrations per second. (2) a 
F ERING. Verertnany Mepicrne, 
FOUNDERY. See Iron and Gunnery. 
FOUNTAINS. See Hypropynamics. 
FOURTEENTH, ee ee (14')} in 
Music, » is an interval, whose ratio is =. = 1131 B+ 
22 m, and its log. =.4436974,9924. Iti amped. 
2V-E0, by which its _be-correctly tuned. | .. = 
-Fourteentu or (XIV), cary sie 
SS nga 
- = 1167 = + 23 ee 101 m; and” its Tog. = 
VOL. IX, PART 11. 
the minor seventh: its ratio is 3° = 1120 + 22f+ 
97 m, and its log. =.4490925,3112. Itis=V+-3 4ths, 
whence it may be tuned. ie(@) 
FOURTH, in Music, is the numeral designation of 
an interval of four diatonic degrees, or literal gradations. 
Of these fourths, the different writers on music a 
mentioned a considerable variety, and by a still 
er number of — as follows; (see PLatE 
Vol. IL.), viz 
| Bearing Fourrn of Holden: its ratio is ~~ a 
240,060766 = + 5f+4+ 20m. See Lesser False Trumpet 
Fourtu. 
Comma-deficient Major Fourru (IV‘), has the ratio 
—_ —" =, = 2905 + 6f+425m; its common log. 
is = .8573324,9643, — 473982 x VIII, = 26.4442 
xe; =IV—C,=44+d5, =T+2t, 3T—2e, 
=VS~c, =25ce+ 155 46f, > 67+ 138 €+ 
102: it is also = VI—3, by which means it may be 
accurately tuned. It is the grave major fourth of Max- 
well and Liston; the sharp fourth, or the greater fourth 
of some writers; the sw fluous fourth of Chambers 
and Marsh ; the dow t tritone, and the tri- | 
rama of Wale, 
tara sti Minor Fourtu (4), has the ratio 
ere = 2482 4 5f 4 21m; its log. = 
8804562,9528, = .897117 % VII, = 22.15811 x ¢; 
=tuc, =Iv—P, yt t =2t4+8, =21¢ 
+ 122 ers & ates 
$ 4ths — —.h oR i tet Be tant It is the 
deficient fourth of Holden, the lesser fourth of Holden, 
the grave minor fourth of Liston, and the superfluous 
Comma-redundant Major Fourtn (1V’), has the ra« 
-. 512 “2. 
tio 99° = 30 = = S124 6F+ 27m; its log: = 
-8465424,3266, = .509772 x VIIE, = 28.44493 xc; 
er =4+P, =V—L, =8T, =3.P4 
3 445 4+2c, =27 c+ 1524 6f, an f+ 
1p 12/; itis alto & 3V—3 4ths, and so 
tuned. i ss Wacvion the acne peaien data otidanen 
Comma-redundant Minor Fountu (4°); its ratio is 
Oa a, = 265 2 + 5 f +4 23 m; its log. = 
.8696662,3150, = 432958 x VIIT, = 24.15811 x C; 
440. =IV—S H1143; = 1X—V1, = 10—7,=3-47, 
=2 at a t+S, oe Has ay c, =23 rae 12 5 
is also =2V — 
redundant 
of Gelileo, and the greater fourth of E 
| Deficient Founrst ‘of Holden, hay” the va 88 a 
wis 2:4:6 £4:8hen- See Comma-deficient Minor 
Fourts. : 
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