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The '''chalmersia''' is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[13-limit]] comma with a ratio of '''123201/123200''' and a size of approximately 0.014{{cent}}. Named in honor of [[John H. Chalmers]], it is the smallest 13-limit [[superparticular]] comma. Tempering it out equates [[351/350]] and [[352/351]], thus splitting [[176/175]] into two, and equates 385/351 and 351/320, thus splitting [[77/64]] into two – these are features highly characteristic of '''chalmers temperaments'''. In addition, it equates a stack consisting of a [[729/512]] tritone plus a [[169/128]] grave fourth with a stack consisting of a [[25/16]] augmented fifth plus a [[77/64]] minor third.  
The '''chalmersia''' is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[13-limit]] comma with a ratio of '''123201/123200''' and a size of approximately 0.014{{cent}}. Named in honor of [[John H. Chalmers]], it is the smallest 13-limit [[superparticular]] comma. Tempering it out equates [[351/350]] and [[352/351]], thus splitting [[176/175]] into two, and equates 385/351 and 351/320, thus splitting [[77/64]] into two – these are features highly characteristic of '''chalmersic temperaments'''. In addition, it equates a stack consisting of a [[729/512]] tritone plus a [[169/128]] grave fourth with a stack consisting of a [[25/16]] augmented fifth plus a [[77/64]] minor third.  


== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
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:''The remarkable 123201/123200 might be named the chalmersia, since John Chalmers is presumably the first to see it.''
:''The remarkable 123201/123200 might be named the chalmersia, since John Chalmers is presumably the first to see it.''
— Gene Ward Smith, [https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_7316.html ''Nameable 13-limit''].  
—Gene Ward Smith, [https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_7316.html ''Nameable 13-limit''].  


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[List of superparticular intervals]]
* [[List of superparticular intervals]]


[[Category:Chalmers]]
[[Category:Chalmersic]]