Large curly brackets, "{" or "}", used to indicate combination or grouping of information on two or more lines, have been eliminated from this ebook. The information has been recast, if necessary, preferring minimal changes, to retain the original meaning.
The original Journal of July–December, 1827 was evidently printed in two parts, at different times. The title page of the first part (page 1) was printed with a footer "JULY–OCT. 1827". The title page of the second part (page [237]) contained a similar footer "OCT.–DEC. 1827". The text of these footers have been moved into the titles on the same pages.
The Table of Contents for the first part was labeled "Jul.–Oct. 1827" The Table of Contents for the second part was not similarly labeled, but the transcriber has inserted a label "Oct.–Dec. 1827". The section titled "Proceedings of the Horticultural Society" that starts on page [190] originally had no entry in the Table of Contents; such an entry has been inserted. The original Table of Contents for Part One did not include a reference to the Meteorological Diary for Jun–Aug; such a reference has been inserted. The two Meteorological Diaries were originally printed as three-month tables, approximately 7.4 inches wide by 3.9 inches, turned 90°, using 6.5 point type. These tables have been divided into three tables each, one for each month.
Page [31]: In the phrase "ratio of which to the breadth has been augmented by them from about 314.1, to 4.1", the phrase "314.1" apparently denotes a ratio of 3.25:1, and "4.1" must mean a ratio 4:1.
Pages [136] and [137]: The characters, such as M′, S′, M, S, etc. denoting mathematical variables were originally printed in italics. This use of italic has been discarded on these pages.
Page [194]: In the text following 'M. Hachette says, “The air', there was no closing quotation mark. Three quotation marks have been inserted, to close the paragraph, and to enclose the apparent quotation in the paragraph below.
Page [223]: There is an equation that originally ended "sin. [(n−1) 30° + 124° 8′)]". The last right parenthesis is not balanced, and has been removed.
Page [227]: There was no closing quotation mark for the quotation begun on the previous page; such a mark has been added at the end of the first paragraph.
Page [253]: "sufficient far" was changed to "sufficient for".
Page [277]: "Chemical apparhtus" was changed to "Chemical apparatus".