Transcriber Note

Although some hyphenation standardization has been employed, other unique spelling and grammatic constructs have been left as in the original printed version. On [page 188], the odd fraction of 87 divided by 1 was left as printed In addition to obvious typographical corrections, the following were made:

Page(s)Change
[134]“proxility” changed to “prolixity”
[135]-[143]Best judgement used in the table where numbers not clearly
decipherable in the best images available.
[142]BISMUTH, with Antimony starts with 10004 all others start
with 10000. The “4” was assumed to be a typo and was changed to “10000”.
[143]Shows 10,0000. the last “0” assumed typo and removed.
[167]Twice shows a fraction of “16/11 of gold”. Although this may be
a typo for “10/11 of gold” it was left unchanged.
[248]“aoules” changed to “aoutes”.

Note: Cover image derived from an image made available on The Internet Archive and placed in the Public Domain