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).
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