The Balloon over Helsbye-Hill, to face Page 78.
The Balloon Prospect, to face Page 154.
The explanatory Print, to be placed on Page 155: and, when unfolded, to be seen along with the Balloon-Prospect.
Literal and other Errors proper to be examined, and corrected with the Pen, before the Book is read.
| Page. | |
|---|---|
| 6. | [Note [1]—ειαδεν write ευαδεν. |
| 18. | [Note [6]—Cube of the Velocity, &c. write (as in some Copies) Square of the Velocity, &c. the Resistence will be as 3✕3=9.—See Chambers’s Dictionary, under resistence. |
| 23. | Section 21. Blot out [Signs] of Currents. |
| 26. | Before All Things being thus prepared, insert [Section] viz. 25. |
| 35. | Line 13.—I o’Clock, write I. o’Clock. |
| 54. | Section 52.—an Extent above them of 77 Miles, write
an Extent of 102 Miles. See the Occasion of this
Mistake in [Note [18] Calculation SECOND, which
makes the Answer 102 Miles, 1 Quarter, 320 Yards; and
the Ans. to the PROBLEM being 102 1 307 —————————— gives the Prospect 13 Yards less than that over the Clouds. |
| 84. | Line 4.—great Turnpike-Road, write great public Road. |
| 84. | [Note [26] After See Moore’s Practical Navigator, insert See Page 98 [34]. |
| 98. | After [Note [34] add See Section 84, Note [26]. |
| 118. | Line 5.—from a vertical Situation only, to be seen, write to be seen from a vertical Situation only:. |
| 174. | Line 1.—excessine Diminution write excessive Diminution. |
| 177. | Line 9.—contain write contains. |
| 202. | The Sections 259, 260, 261, are repeated. |
| 234. | Line 6.—a Yard, write two Yards. |
| 236. | Line 3. After the Words in Danger of breaking; add the Bottom of the Balloon must be opened, or the upper Valve drawn. And erase the Remainder of the Sentence. |
| 237. | Line 4.—which is a Sign that the Balloon descends, write (which is a Sign that the Balloon descends). |
| 242. | Line 21.—supercede, write supersede. |
| 263. | Line 5.—commonly: ascend, write commonly ascend:. |
| 266. | Line 21.—their Passage write its Passage. |
| 271. | Line 14.—each 4 Feet write each 4 Inches. |
| 278. | Lines 15 and 18.—third Tables and third Table, write fourth Tables and fourth Table. |
| 283. | [Note [119].—more than the three first Decimals write more than the four first Decimals. |
| 288. | Line 5. After .0000076, insert which, being divided by .1, gives a Cypher less. |
| 288. | Line 11.—with 4° on .25, write with 4° on 25. |
| 290. | [Note [120]—at low Water.) write at low Water. |
| 292. | Line 23.—there will remain the greater Height, write there will remain, secondly; (see Section 367) the greater Height. |
| 303. | Line 6.—(viz. the 8,) write (viz. the .8,). |
| 309. | Line 10. Marginal Note.—7th Step in Section 366. write 7th Step in Section 368. |
| 310. | After Line 23, insert Air-Thermom. 56°. |
| 311. | Line 1.—By the Practice of the first Example, write Practice of the second Example. |
| 312. | Line 29. After The Answer, &c. insert, made by rejecting a Cypher,. |
| 317. | Before the last Line but two, insert end of the first stage. |
| 318. | Line 23.—the 2d Tenth, write the 1st Tenth. |
| 319. | Line 13.—, gives 7. write, gives 97. |
| 322. | last Line but two.—and the remaining Feet write the remaining Feet. |
AIROPAIDIA:
CHAPTER I.
Introduction.
Section 1. THE Public have, for a considerable Time, been entertained with Accounts of aërial Voyages.