Transcriber's notes:
(1) Numbers following letters (without space) like C2 were originally
printed in subscript. Letter subscripts are preceded by an
underscore, like C_n.
(2) Characters following a carat (^) were printed in superscript.
(3) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective
paragraphs.
(4) Macrons and breves above letters and dots below letters were not
inserted.
(5) [root] stands for the root symbol; [alpha], [beta], etc. for greek
letters.
(6) The following typographical errors have been corrected:
ARTICLE LATIN LANGUAGE: "... this is the most convenient place in
which to state briefly the very little that can be said as yet to
have been ascertained as to the general relations of Italic to its
sister groups." 'that' amended from 'than'.
ARTICLE LATIN LANGUAGE: "... (which had been gradually noted, see
e.g. F. Skutsch in Kroll's Altertumswissenschaft im letzten
Vierteljahrhundert, 1905) their actual effect on the language."
'im' amended from 'in'.
ARTICLE LATIN LITERATURE: "... from the name of its greatest
literary representative, whose activity as a speaker and writer was
unremitting during nearly the whole period." 'speaker' amended from
'peaker'.
ARTICLE LATIUM: "See G. A. Colini in Bullettino di paletnologia
Italiana, xxxi. (1905)." 'paletnologia' amended from
'palentologia'.
ARTICLE LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE, THÉOPHILE MALO: "In 1784 he was
promoted captain, and in 1791 he received the cross of St Louis."
'1784' amended from '1748'.
ARTICLE LAVOISIER, ANTOINE LAURENT: "... his collaborators in the
reformed system of chemical terminology set forth in 1787 in the
Méthode de nomenclature chimique, were among the earliest French
converts ..." 'nomenclature' amended from 'momenclature'.
ARTICLE LAVOISIER, ANTOINE LAURENT: "Under the head of 'oxidable or
acidifiable' substances, the combination of which with oxygen
yielded acids, were placed sulphur, phosphorus, carbon, and the
muriatic, fluoric and boracic radicals." 'radicals' amended from
'radicles'.
ARTICLE LEATHER: "... and thickly split, the poorer hides being
utilized for chamois; they are now re-split at the fatty strata so
that all fat may be easily removed, and while the grains are
dressed as skivers ..." 'utilized' amended from 'ultilized'.
ARTICLE LEAVENWORTH: "The fort, from which the city took its name,
was built in 1827, in the Indian country, by Colonel Henry
Leavenworth (1783-1834) of the 3rd Infantry, for the protection of
traders plying between the Missouri river and Santa Fé." 'Santa'
amended from 'Sante'.
ARTICLE LECTOURE: "In 1473 Cardinal Jean de Jouffroy besieged the
town on behalf of Louis XI. and after its fall put the whole
population to the sword." 'population' amended from 'pupulation'.
ARTICLE LEEUWENHOEK, ANTHONY VAN: "... and a selection from them
was translated by S. Hoole and published in English (London,
1781-1798)." '1781-1798' amended from '1798-1781'.
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