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== Joliet == | == Joliet == | ||
Joliet can be characterized as the 53 & 106 temperament, adding the [[kalisma]] to Schismerc's list of tempered commas. The name is a reference to 106 being the maximum number of characters in Joliet- an extension to the ISO 9660 file system. | Joliet can be characterized as the 53 & 106 temperament, adding the [[kalisma]] to Schismerc's list of tempered commas. The name for this temperament is a reference to 106 being the maximum number of characters in Joliet- an extension to the ISO 9660 file system. | ||
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== Cartography == | == Cartography == | ||
Cartography nails down the 7-limit by adding the [[symbiotic comma]] to Schismerc's list of tempered commas. The name comes from how good the mappings are, and also from the idea of "Mercator" being a dual reference to both Nicolas Mercator and Gerardus Mercator. | Cartography nails down the 7-limit by adding the [[symbiotic comma]] to Schismerc's list of tempered commas. The name for this temperament comes from how good the mappings are, and also from the idea of "Mercator" being a dual reference to both Nicolas Mercator and Gerardus Mercator. | ||
Comma list: 385/384, 6250/6237, 19712/19683 | Comma list: 385/384, 6250/6237, 19712/19683 | ||