harmonica

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For things become geometrical by the accession of magnitude to quantity; solid, by the accession of profundity to magnitude; astronomical, by the accession of motion to solidity; harmonical, by the accession of sound to motion.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

The grand standard of harmonical relation among the Pythagoreans was the musical octave.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William

Farther, when we consider by whom these ancient tunes were composed and how they were first performed we shall see that such harmonical successions of sounds were natural and even necessary in their construction.

From The True Benjamin Franklin by Fisher, Sydney George

"Attempts have been made to illegitimatize it," answered Gronski, "but licentiousness never can be rhythmical nor harmonical, and for that reason from these attempts there was born an antichrist of music."

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

The order of the universe is only a harmonical development of the first principle of all things to virtue and wisdom.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John