Section II — On the Movers and Motions of the Heavens
Chapter VII, On the Sound and Concent, that is, on the Harmony, of the celestial motions
Chapter VII, On the Sound and Concent, that is, on the Harmony, of the celestial motions — Almagestum Novum, Book IX: On the System of the World Almagestum Novum, Book IX: On the System of the World
[I.] Since this Harmony arises not only from the celestial motions, but also from the intervals of the distances, and other proportions; and does not hold itself in the same way in every [world-]system: it has seemed [good] to defer this controversy to the last Section of this book, in which the Harmonic and Geometric System will be treated—so that, by that last [section], as it were by a [musical] sound, the ears of the erudite Reader may be refreshed.
[END OF SECTION II.](The page closes with a tailpiece and the catchword “SECTIO” — Section III begins on printed p. 271 / PDF 306. The harmony-of-the-spheres question raised here is deferred by Riccioli to the final Section of Book IX.)
Giovanni Battista Riccioli, S.J., “Chapter VII, On the Sound and Concent, that is, on the Harmony, of the celestial motions,” in Almagestum Novum, Book IX: On the System of the World,
English translation, Mind of the Church,
https://mindofthechurch.com/works/almagestum-novum-9/016-s2-chapter-vii-on-the-sound-and-concent-that-is-on-the-harmony-of-the-c/.
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