wunder · LibraryPart 149
Read in the Wunder reader — freePage 307, The X-rays are discharged in straight lines as shown in the figure: there is no such figure in the book.
Pages 328 and 330: page headings WHAT A LODESTONE IS and WHAT ELECTRICITY IS do not relate to the contents of the pages.
Page 336, The pictures shown on the following pages ...: as printed; the illustrations are given on previous pages.
Page 364, reference to figure 6: presumably the four illustrations on this page together form figure 6.
Page 368, When you put oil on the axle, however, ...: some text may be missing.
Page 376, ... or three-sixty-fourths of a second, and: as printed in the source document; some text is obviously missing.
Page 489, ... of much importance. The two classes, only two of which are of much importance. The two classes ...: the redundant text is as printed in the source document.
Page 491: There is no Fig. 4 in the source document; the unnumbered figure in the bottom right of the page is assumed to be Fig. 4.
Page 502, captions with bottom illustration: at least one of the lengths given (4650 and 4560 feet) is likely to be a typographical error.
Page 547, (The welt shoe has always been considered ...: the closing bracket is lacking.
Changes made:
Some minor obvious punctuation and typographical errors and unnecessarily repeated words have been corrected silently.
Illustrations have been moved out of text paragraphs. Page headers have been transcribed as illustration captions (on top of illustrations) or as side notes at a suitable location on the page concerned, so that their reference in the index is (at least approximately) correct.
Text that was not present as such in the source document but that was transcribed from within illustrations is given as part of the illustration caption.
Page 29: ... never see the distance target or vessel ... changed to ... never see the distant target or vessel ....
Page 46: Lock á là Miquelet changed to Lock à la Miquelet.
Pages 74-75: closing double quotes inserted after ... went that very night.; ... had to look after it themselves.; ... speech had really been electrically reproduced. Opening double quotes inserted before Now, it so happened there, ...; My friend, Mr. William Hubbard, ....
Page 114: ... the white mulberry or osage orange are fed the young worms ... changed to ... the white mulberry or osage orange are fed the young worm ....
Page 124: ... called an ablate spheroid ... changed to ... called an oblate spheroid ....
Page 126: Dr. Samuel Pierrpont Langley changed to Dr. Samuel Pierpont Langley.
Page 167: ... against the loose row of cross threads to lighten it ... changed to ... against the loose row of cross threads to tighten it ....
Page 205: ... than the heat will cause the air to expand suddenly ... changed to ... that the heat will cause the air to expand suddenly ...; ... a mixture of potassium, nitrate, or saltpeter, with powdered charcoal and phur ... changed to ... a mixture of potassium nitrate, or saltpeter, with powdered charcoal and sulphur ....
Page 229: ... other machines called Mills,” ... changed to ... other machines called “Mills,” ....; ... which also adds in the drying and the working ... changed to ... which also aids in the drying and the working ....
Page 265: ... there is another, solium, which is solid ... changed to ... there is another, sodium, which is solid ...; ... what is called a reverbratory furnace ... changed to what is called a reverberatory furnace ....
Page 292: PROMOTHEAN MATCH changed to PROMETHEAN MATCH.
Page 375: This toy we speak of was called a zoctrope changed to This toy we speak of was called a zoetrope.
Page 376: ... projected at the rate of fourteen or sixteen to the minute ... changed to ... projected at the rate of fourteen or sixteen to the second ....
Page 377: Footnote anchor inserted.
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