This text spells "gauge" as "guage" in all but one instance; none changed here.

Page [34]: "by a break put on" perhaps should be "brake".

Page [40]: "conveyed upwards fourteen" probably should be "conveyed upwards of fourteen".

Page [70]: "the prepare surfaced" probably is a misprint for "surface".

Page [83]: "re-agents" was printed that way.

Page [197]: "distil" was printed that way.

Page [208]: "metropolitian" was printed that way.