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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 FLORENCE: "... while the new structures erected in their
place, especially those in the Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, are almost
uniformly ugly and quite out of keeping with Florentine
architecture." 'Piazza' amended from 'Piaza'.
ARTICLE FLORIDA: "Not until the last decade of the 17th century did
the Spanish authorities attempt to extend the settlements beyond
the east coast." 'Not' amended from 'no'.
ARTICLE FLOWER: "The exine is a firm membrane, which defines the
figure of the pollen-grain, and gives colour to it." 'exine'
amended from 'extine'.
ARTICLE FOG: "... the cooling of air by rarefaction due to the
reduction of pressure on ascent, cannot be invoked, except in the
case of the fogs forming the cloud-caps of hills, which are perhaps
not fairly included." 'rarefaction' amended from 'rarefraction'.
ARTICLE FOOTBALL: "Association football is indeed, from the
standpoint of the spectator, a much brighter game than it was in
its infancy, the result of the new methods bringing every one of
the eleven players into full relief throughout the game."
'throughout' amended from 'throughtout'.
ARTICLE FOOTBALL: "This means that one or more of his fellows must
accompany and shield him as he runs, blocking off any opponent who
tries to tackle him." 'tries' amended from 'trys'.
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