The British Musical Biography

[E] Macdonald, Lieutenant=CoI. John,
musician and writer, born in 1759. Son of
Flora Macdonald, the Scottish heroine, and
Macdonald of Kingsburgh, Skye. He entered
the service of the East India Company, and
held various other military and scientific
appointments. Fellow of Royal Society in
1800. He died at Exeter, August 16, 1831.
He published a number of works on military
tactics, telegraphy, and a "Treatise explana-
tory of the principles constituting the Practice
and Theory of the Violoncello," 1811. Also a
"Treatise on the Harmonic System, arising
from the Vibrations of the aliquot division of
strings," 1822.

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