Changes made to original:
| Page | Original work | Changes made |
| Volume I | ||
| page xi | Machine 309 | Machine 300 |
| page 7 | under wear | undue wear |
| page 30 | Hindleys’ | Hindley’s |
| page 35, Fig. 102: o added, o′ moved, lines added | ||
| page 37 | Fig. 106 | Fig. 109 |
| page 40 | (for 97 bears... | (for 96 bears... |
| page 47, table in fig. 135, row 16 teeth, 2nd last value | 191 | 119 |
| page 49 | 1⁄2 = 500 | 1⁄2 = .500 |
| page 67 | After very few blows | After every few blows |
| page 84 | cannot be maintained a close fit | cannot be maintained in a close fit |
| page 87, second reference to Fig. 258 | Fig. 258 | Fig. 259 |
| page 94, Fig. 288: triangle redrawn, original was too crooked | ||
| page 95 | apt to have a waver | apt to have a wave |
| page 95 | a single operation. | a single operation”. |
| page 95 | November,—December, 1886 | November-December, 1886 |
| page 96, Whitworth table, Hydraulic Piping, 1′′ ID, row 2 | 13⁄8 | 15⁄8 |
| page 107, table | 512⁄16 | 513⁄16 |
| page 127 | .937/100 | 937/1000 |
| page 136 | in figure: | in Fig. 498: |
| page 142: reference to Fig. 588, which shows something else, therefore reference not linked tofigure. | ||
| page 162, table, column 1, row ending in 0.00 | .05 4 | .0594 |
| page 162, table: column 2 moved to between columns 1 and 3 | ||
| page 162, table, column 33, row ending in 0.72 | 1.22 0 | 1.2200 |
| page 162, table, column 31, row ending in 0.96 | .8 94 | .8994 |
| page 186 | gibbs | gibs |
| page 234 | out if true | out of true |
| page 274 (table) | 1⁄6 | 1⁄8 |
| page 307 | Fig. 1029 | Fig. 1209 |
| page 312 | smoothes | smooths |
| page 321 | 66 ÷ 36 = 23⁄4 | 99 ÷ 36 = 23⁄4 |
| page 322 | as at J in Fig. 1241 | as at I in Fig. 1241 |
| page 335 | Fig. 1334 | Fig. 1324 |
| page 344 | Fig. 1532 | Fig. 1352 |
| page 356 | Lloyd’s | Lloyds’ (as elsewhere) |
| page 366 | if it is found possible | if it is found impossible |
| page 367 | will expend | will expand |
| page 369, Fig. 1429: decimal point added to 74 | ||
| page 370, Fig. 1430 | ” | ′′ (inches) |
| x | × (for consistency) | |
| page 371, Fig. 1431 | 74 | .74 |
| page 388 | reamless | seamless |
| page 388, table, row 2′′ column 3 | 1⁄5 | 1⁄8 |
| page 404, Fig. 1560: S flipped over | ||
| page 406 | Fig. 1669 | Fig. 1569 |
| page 442 first table, row 11⁄16, column 2 | 81⁄4 | 91⁄4 |
| Volume II | ||
| page x | Mariotte’s law | Marriotte’s law (as in text; usual spelling is Mariotte) |
| page 7 table, row 25 teeth, column 3 | 12⁄0 | 12⁄20 |
| page 17 | a length of 3 inches | a length of 3 feet |
| page 53, Plate V, Fig. 2064 top | F | E |
| page 88 | Figs. 2211, 2212 and 2213 | Figs. 2210, 2211 and 2212 |
| page 132, footnote 33 | p. 162 | p. 68 |
| page 151 | Figs. 2405 and 2500 | Figs. 2495 and 2500 |
| page 154, first table, row Smooth metal surfaces, occasionally greased, second column | 4 to 11⁄2 | 4 to 41⁄2 (as in Bourne’sbook, Rose’s source, at archive.org) |
| page 208, table in illustration, row 7, column 5 | 9.32 | 9⁄32 |
| page 208, table in illustration | all fractions x-y | x⁄y |
| page 208, table in illustration | enlarged table added underneath illustration | |
| page 224, second formula | 11. | .11 |
| page 243, Fig. 2962 | punche | punches |
| page 265, Fig. 2709 | B | C |
| page 311 | Ortow | Orton (as elsewhere) |
| page 319 | Fig. 3260 | Fig. 3160 |
| page 348 | 4′ (feet) | 4′′ (inches) |
| page 354, first formula | by 2 | 2 |
| page 354, formula resulting in 1162⁄3 lbs. | + | × |
| page 367 | found the required pitch to | found the required pitch to be |
| page 367 table row Total pressure 33, column 3 | 225.2 | 252.2 |
| page 367 table row Total pressure 44, column 6 | 595 | 585 |
| page 367 table row Total pressure 61, column 6 | 403 | 430 |
| page 401 | colters | cotters |
| page 407, first calculation | line added under 5 (third row) | |
| page 471 | Marriott’s | Marriotte’s |
| page 476 | Tuyere | Tuyère (as in text) |
| page 476 | Verneer | Vernier (as in text) |
| page 479 | featheredge | feather-edge (as in text) |
| page 480 | Gimblet | Gimlet (as in text) |
| doghead | dog-head (as in text) | |
| Guideways | Guide-ways (as in text) | |
| page 481 | Marriott’s | Marriotte’s |
| rabbetting | rabetting (as in text) | |
| Piaté | Piat’s as in Table of Contents (word does not occur in text) | |
| page 482 | featheredge | feather-edge (as in text) |