Transcriber’s Notes

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Page 32, ... an angle of about 2°: possibly an error for ... an angle of about 20° (which is the angle in the illustration).

Page 113, illustration top right (Food Bags): Fut and Ergswurst may be errors for Fat and Erbswurst (pea sausage).

Page 262, ... in Fig. 9, illustrating an article on “Taborets and Small Tables for the Summer Veranda,” page 155, July, 1916 ...: an article with this title (presumably the one referred to) is present in this book on page 269.

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Page 29: Fig 7 has been rotated 90°.

Page 89: ... directly from the canoe, or part, to be fitted, whenever convenient ... changed to ... directly from the canoe, or part to be fitted, whenever convenient ....

Page 94: illustration Ice Creeper turned upside-down.

Page 213: ... a wear and noise-proof bearing ... changed to ... a wear- and noise-proof bearing ....