Harris, 
James 
Harrow. 
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HAR 
he united an unrestrained freedom and cheerfulness of 
character, which inclined him to take a ready part in 
all the subordinate interests and common amusements 
of life. He exhibited on all occasions a temper the most 
humane, gentle, and forgiving. Asa critic, he was can- 
did and indulgent ; and, with a sagacity which enabled 
him to discern deformities, he had a sense of justice and 
of gratitude which made him chiefly delight in acknow- 
ledging literary beauties. Those who dispute the accu~ 
racy of some of his conclusions, would do well to copy 
the tender solicitude which he expressed for the general 
interests of his species, and the delicacy with which he 
communicated to the world the fruits of his researches. 
His son Lord Malmesbury, published an edition of 
his works in two quarto volumes, to which he prefixes 
a brief account of his life. He seems to value his fa- 
ther’s memory, chiefly for the steady resistance which 
he made to those opinions on general subjects which 
have prevailed in modern France, and which, from their 
11 of the Vths, viz. on C, G, D, A, E, 
B, XF, XC; and on F, pB, and VE aan ones nP491m = 3901.616842+477f4.341m 
each of the value... s..-+45 
And the wolf fifth on KG, 66 6 cele ce ee oe et ee ee 382.383162 4 7f+ 30m 
Make 7 octaves,each ...-eeeeeee+ G6125412f453m = 4284.00000E484f4371m 
¢ ‘ == 
8 of the IIIds, viz. on C, G, D, A, as t 
and E; and on F, pB, and bE each, 194.77762544f417m = 1558.2209654-32f4136m 
And 4 wolf IIIds, viz. on B, KF, XC, 5 
lod %G, prc Ray “ ee | 222.44476244f419m = 889.779042-+16f+4 76m 
Make 4 octaves,each.......- oy . 6125412f453m = 2448.000005 4+48f4212m 
9 of the 3ds, viz. on A, E, B, KF, XC, ; ew ; 
and %G-; and on D, G, and C, each  199-92268-4+3F418 m = 1489.904122-+27f- 117m; 
And 8 wolf 3ds, viz. on F, )B, and pE, 
each .). « 
Make $ octaves, each... 2.2 eee eee 
- The fourths, minor sixths, and major sixths, comple- 
ments to the above Vths, IIIds, and 3ds, will be each of 
them as much tempered sharp as these ate temper- 
ed flat respectively. It appears from the preface to 
the first edition of Dr Smith’s Harmonics, that Mr 
Harrison adjusted frets on the finger-board of a base 
viol according to this system, and that Mr Harri- 
son declared himself much pleased with the “ ex- 
tremely fine harmony” of its consonances. It is, how-’ 
ever, to be regretted, that Dr Smith did not himself 
hear, and give us his opinion, on the harmony thus ‘pro- 
duced by Mr Harrison, Several years afterwards, Mr 
Maxwell, as he informs us p. 249 of his “ Essay on 
Tune,” did hear and attend to Mr Harrison’s perform- 
ance on his six-stringed viol thus fretted, and Mr Max- 
well by no means approved the harmony thereof. In 
1775 Mr Harrison gave some account of his musical 
scale in his work on chronometers. _(¢) 
HARROW. See Acricuttune, vol. i. chap. vi. sect. ii. 
HARROW on rue Hurt, is a village of England in 
Middlesex. The hill on which it stands is the highest 
ground in the county, and has an insulated appearance, 
being visible from great distances almost in every di- 
rection. This village is celebrated for its free school, 
which is now universally allowed to be one of the best 
seminaries in the kingdom. It was founded in 1592 
by John Lyon, a wealthy yeoman of Preston in this 
parish, He allotted £20 for two exhibitions to Caius 
College, Cambridge, and two to Oxford. This sum, 
—- 646 
182.231962-4+-3f-l4m = 
6125 412f453m 
HAR 
harsh collision with previously existing ‘systems, and, 
as he thinks, from their intrinsic repugnance to the in- _ 
terests of society, gave rise to that political discord, and 
those consequent ravages of war, with which Europe . 
has in our age been visited. (H. D.) 
HARRIS. See InveRNESSHIRE. 
HARRISON. See Horotoey and Loneitune. 
HARRISON’S TremperaMENT of the musical scale, 
The late Mr John Harrison, who laboured so succes- 
fully in improving chronometers, about the year 1748, 
conceived the idea of a tempered system of inter. 
vals, in which the interval of the major third should 
bear the same proportion to the octave as the diameter 
of a circle to its cireumference. On reference to Mr 
Farey’s corollaries regarding regularly tempered dou- 
zeaves in the Philosophical Magazine, vol, xxxvi. page 
374, the temperaments and wolves of this system may 
easily be calculated, and these applied to the respective 
intervals will stand as follows, viz. - 
396.69588E-+4 9f-- 42m 
1836.000005 +. 36f4 159m 
however, has been doubled. The number of scholars 
at Harrow school is generally about 150. The rent of 
Mr Lyon’s estates amounted lately to £669, which is 
disbursed in paying the salaries of the masters, the ex- 
hibitions already mentioned, in educating poor children, 
relieving decayed house-keepers, repairing roads, Kc. 
The church of Harrow, which contains several sepul- 
chral monuments, is partly of ancient architecture. 
The lower part of the tower, and the columns between 
the nave and aisles, are supposed to have been built by 
Lafranc in the time of King William I. 
The view from Harrow is very fine. Towards the 
east it is terminated by the metropolis ; to the south by 
the Surrey hills; to the north is a view of Harrow 
Weald, with the village of Stanmore and Bentley ELA 
the seat of the Marquis of Abercorn ; and to the south- 
west is seen Windsor Castle, with a considerable part 
of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. On the top of 
the hill is a well of excellent spring water, which is ne- 
ver dry even in the hottest summers, In 1811 the 
number of houses in the town, including the hamlets 
of Roxeth and Sudbury, was 283, and the population 
1689. See Lyson’s Environs of London, 4to. vol. ii. 
HARROWGATE is the name of a celebrated wa- 
tering place in England, in the West Riding of York- 
shire. It is situated in the forest of Knaresborough, 
about three miles south-west of the town of Knares- 
borough. The village is divided into High and Low 
Harrowgate, and consists principally of the inns and 
