Octave Stretch in other Lands

[Richard Moody]

>  
> Greetings, 
>      This is not the first time I have sent an unclear message!  (:?)}}
>      What I meant is that it is not possible to have two notes, one
octave
> apart, tuned so that all coincident partials will match with a Just
ratio,
> i.e. if you have the fundamental of the upper note exactly on the 2nd
partial
> of the lower( what I mean by a 2:1 octave),  then the fourth and the 2nd
> partials are not going to be the same, nor the 6th and 3rd.  To match
these
> up, the octave must be widened until you have what you want.  
>   
> Regards, 
> Ed Foote  

Does this mean you will always hear beats in an octave?  

Ric Lendmeanear