Transcriber’s Notes
Inconsistent and unusual spelling, punctuation etc. have been retained; accents on (French) words have not been corrected. The inconsistent nesting and pairing of quote marks often makes it difficult to determine where a quote starts or ends.
Page 20: ... as represented in figure 10 ... changed to ... as represented in figure 9 ....
Page 13, A B is the line-of-sight, and C D the surface of the water ...: C nor D are depicted in the illustration.
Page 27, Fig. 15 and accompanying text: the number 4 in the illustration appears to be misplaced.
Page 77, “Sun’s altitude at the time of Southing ...: there is no closing quote mark.
Page 142, 143 and Fig. 31: the lower case reference letters are present as upper case letters in the illustration.
Page 193, ... only the dry land was called earth,” ...: the opening quote marks are missing.
Page 198, ... stretchet out the earth above the waters ...: as printed in the source document; both "stretched" and "stretcheth" appear in other sources.
Page 211, ... “did His suffering and crucifixion ...: the closing quote mark is lacking.
Changes made:
Footnotes and illustrations have been moved out of text paragraphs.
Some obvious minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected silently.
Terrestial has been changed to terrestrial (3x), trignometry to trigonometry (2x), incondescent to incandescent (3x).
Illustration captions for Figs. 27, 28 and 31-34 have been added.
Page 10: ... to lesson the difference ... changed to ... to lessen the difference ....
Page 51: ... from Port Jackson to Cape Horn as 8.000 miles ... changed to ... from Port Jackson to Cape Horn as 8,000 miles ....
Page 64-65: replicated text deleted.
Page 133: exclamation mark inserted after Neptune has only one third of this volume (as in surrounding text).
Page 134: Professer Schumacher changed to Professor Schumacher.
Page 139: M. Foucalt’s communication describing his experiments ... changed to M. Foucault’s communication describing his experiments ....
Page 141: Ille sante aux yeux ... changed to Il saute aux yeux ....
Page 171: ... south cost of Norway ... changed to ... south coast of Norway ...; The Troudhjem Light ... changed to The Trondhjem Light ...; Lower Farn Island Light changed to Lower Farne Island Light.
Page 193: ... the heavenly bodies are Sun’s ... changed to ... the heavenly bodies are Suns ....