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Excerpt from Transactions and Proceedings, 1871 In this description of the Greek accent, it has been taken for granted that there was an actual regular difference of pitch between different syllables of a word, and that the proper use of the written accent was to represent that difference. The correctness of this assumption is implied in the very names of the accents. The words 6569, 'sharp, ' and Bapéc, 'heavy, ' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.