Claxheugh, Sunderland,

1875.

FOOTNOTES:

[A] The Journal of the Society of Arts, 28th Nov., 1856, was printed on paper made from Esparto, at Eynsham Mills, near Oxford, then in my occupation.

Transcriber's Notes:

On page [15] some text is missing it is marked as ***.

Other than the corrections listed below, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained.

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