ERRATA.
Page [38], 17 lines from top, for “29 June” read “29 Jan.”
[117], 3 lines from top, for “Edge-hill” read “Marston Moor.”
[120], 16 lines from bottom, for “Baron” read “Brown.”
10 lines from bottom, same correction.
[145], 2 lines from bottom, for “or siding” read “for siding.”
[155], 14 lines from bottom, for “William” read “Charles.”
[168], [172], [175], [177], last line, note, for date “1637,” read “1657,” throughout.
[187], 14 lines from top, dele “From” &c., ending “France.”
[210], last line, note, place † before “Brit. Mus.” &c.
[222], 3 lines from top, for “Coining” read “Stamping.”
[249], 4 lines from bottom, for “B” read “A.”
[253], 5 lines from bottom, add “Marquis,” after “Edward.”
[260], 12 lines from top, add note “Cal. State Papers, Dom. Series, 1663–64, edited by Mrs. M. A. E. Green, 8vo. 1862.”
[314], 15 lines from top, for “three” read “two.”
16 lines from top, for “five” read “six.”
18 lines from top, for “of” read “following.”
[320], 4 lines from bottom, for “other by” read “other my.”
[322], 6 lines from bottom, after “Meistres,” add “[Reistres?]”
[347], 15 lines from bottom, for “his” read “is.”
[462], 15 lines from bottom, for “of” read “wrote to.”
[484], 6 lines from bottom, dele “from the bottom in order to discharge it again at the top,” and substitute, “which convey the steam by turns, to the vessel D.”
TRANSCRIBER’s NOTE:
The original uses some characters for contridiction and truncation that can not be represented in this document.
For example
abbreviates the word presents which is rendered as presents. The final symbol also occurs in the words
products and
thoughts.
There are also some letters with tilde and macrons, which may or may not display correctly depending on the viewing device and/or font chosen, examples follow
Invenc̃ons, tilde above letter c,
Mīa, macron above letter i,
(run̄ing away) macron above first letter n.
Changes from the printed [Errata] have been applied.
The following typos are corrected in this e-text and are shown within the text as replaced by.
| (fn=footnote) | Original | Replaced by |
|---|---|---|
| Page [7] | Shakspere | Shakespeare |
| Page [31] | Lenthal | Lenthall |
| Page [59] | being Lord-Lieutenant, | being Lord Lieutenant, |
| Page 64 [fn] | No. 18,980, vol. i.’ | No. 18,980, vol. i.” |
| Page 67 [fn] | See Chapter XIX, | See Chapter XVIII, |
| Page [92] | [unreferenced footnote] | We have next—[M] |
| Page [109] | there before.’”[23] | there before.”[23] |
| Page [121] | my conscience.”) | my conscience.)” |
| Page [126] | expedition may he used. | expedition may be used. |
| Page [193] | passed by the Commons[5] | passed by the Commons[57] |
| Page [203] | Westmoreland. | Westmorland. |
| Page [240] | Marq. of Dorcester. | Marq. of Dorchester. |
| Page [244] | Feburary | February |
| Page [245] | Feburary | February |
| Page 255 [fn] | Jo. H. of Com. Vol. viii. p. 474, 476. | Jo. H. of Com. Vol. viii. p. 475, 476. |
| Page [281] | this well-born person;” | this well-born person;’ |
| Page [289] | Arundell | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page [294] | to laugh at it!” | “to laugh at it!” |
| Page [298] | Wedensday | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page [299] | Arundell | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page [299] | (Sister to Arthur Earle of Essex, &c. ( | (Sister to Arthur Earle of Essex, &c.) |
| Page [299] | Henry Howard, Thomas Elizabeth and | Henry Howard, Thomas, Elizabeth and |
| Page 317 [fn] | and the 21st of Angust | and the 21st of August |
| Page [348] | them in practice. | them in practice.” |
| Page [349] | geuius | genius |
| Page [362] | ecstacy | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page [362] | “sundry sorts of engynes. | “sundry sorts of engynes.” |
| Page 365 [fn] | secure rom danger | secure from danger |
| Page [372] | enterprize | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page [402] | Cornelius Dreble | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page [402] | Cornelius Drebell | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page 416 [fn] | confess to have seen. | 4 confess to have seen. |
| Page [425] | the the | the |
| Page 432 [fn] | or Welchman | 7 or Welchman |
| Page [433] | “Le Caractere universel, | “Le Caractère universel, |
| Page [439] | “rose pipe but paper thick” | [kept unhypenated words] |
| Page [443] | extemely | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page [443] | chararcter | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page [446] | the tobacco-tongs,” | the “tobacco-tongs,” |
| Page [474] | guage | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page [479] | desribes | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page [481] | with a squirt squirt | [sic][seen also in facsimile of Mathematical Recreations(1653)] |
| Page [497] | From the 25th of July 1698, to the 14th of June 1669, | From the 25th of July 1698, to the 14th of June 1699, |
| Page [507] | of of | of |
| Page [509] | no less admirable then the engines | no less admirable than the engines |
| Page [528] | and shooting. | and shooting.” |
| Page [550–2] | [Description of illustration as footnote] | [placed after the illustration not at the end of chapter] |
| Page [540] | See Appendix. | See Appendix C. |
| Page [560] | Water commanding Engine | Water-commanding Engine |
| Page [565] | Device or Invention, for ther raising | ther [sic] is what appears in the original referenced document |
| Page [573] | twentith | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page [573] | Marquiss | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page [574] | (Surry) | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page [581] | [two unreferenced footnotes] | [72][72*] The Editor |
| Page [584] | effets méchaniques | effets mécaniques |
| Page [584] | reconnaisance | reconnaissance |
| Page [584] | ouvres | œuvres |
| Page [584] | bontès | bontés |
| Page 584 [fn] | institulé | intitulé |
| Page [587] | P. 189, No. 27. | P. 189, No. 27.] |
| Page [592] | distillatory apparatus.) | distillatory apparatus.] |
| Page [593] | der Wasser-Kunste | der Wasser-Künste |
| Page [593] | —— 4. Pontificiale. | —— 5. Pontificiale. |
| Page [594] | Examen du Livre des Recreations Mathematiques, et de ses problemes en Geometrie, Mechanique, Optique, and Catoptrique, &c. [And at the end] Notes sur les Recreations Mathematiques | Examen du Livre des Recréations Mathématiques, et de ses problèmes en Géométrie, Mechanique, Optique, and Catoptrique, &c. [And at the end] Notes sur les Recreations mathématiques |
| Page [594] | Pont-a-Moussou | Pont-a-Mousson |
| Page [595] | Nurnberg | Nürnberg |
| Page [596] | Aelianus | Ælianus |
| Page [598] | Apophthegme | [kept alternative spelling] |
| Page [599] | in “Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis. | in “Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis.” |
| Page [600] | Bryan, K. B. With | Bryan, K. B.) With |
| Page [605] | Candles, a brass mould for, 514, 115. | Candles, a brass mould for, 514, 515. |
| Page [609] | a model o his | a model of his |
| Page [616] | Glamogan’s | Glamorgan’s |
| Page [618] | Water commanding engine | Water-commanding engine |
| Page [619] | SHAKESPERE | SHAKESPEARE |
| Page [621] | continental tour, 8; | continental tour, 18; |
| Page [621] | domestic and studious babits, 18; | domestic and studious habits, 18; |
The following minor typographical errors have been corrected without specific mention:—
In the references, a missing full stop, or dash between two dates, or a single quote where a double quote should be.
In a list of names, or descriptions where one is missing a full stop, and all the rest do have full stops.
The following text which is part of the illustrated title page on page [377] is included here for visibility of any text search (find).
A
CENTURY
OF THE
Names and Scantlings
OF SUCH
INVENTIONS,
As at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected, which (my former Notes being lost) I have, at the instance of a powerful Friend, endeavoured now in the Year 1655, to set these down in such a way as may sufficiently instruct me to put any of them in practice.
———Artis & Naturæ proles.
LONDON:
Printed by J. Grismond in the year 1663.