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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 FINLAND: "... but does not reach the Arctic Ocean, and 13
m. from the Varanger-fjord it turns southwards." 'Arctic' amended
from 'Artic'.
ARTICLE FISCHART, JOHANN: "Sie haben Nasen und riechen's nit."
'und' amended from 'vnd'.
ARTICLE FISHER, JOHN: "The constancy of Fisher, while driving Henry
to a fury that knew no bounds, won the admiration of the whole
Christian world, where he had been long known as one of the most
learned and pious bishops of the time." 'Christian' amended from
'Christain'.
ARTICLE FISHKILL LANDING: "... in which the New York Provincial
Congress met in August and September 1776." 'Provincial' amended
from 'Provinical'.
ARTICLE FITZGERALD, EDWARD: "... until 1873 in the town of
Woodbridge; and then until his death at his own house hard by,
called Little Grange." 'called' amended from 'ealled'.
ARTICLE FLAMBARD, RANULF: "He profited largely by the tyranny of
Rufus, farming for the king a large proportion of the
ecclesiastical preferments which were illegally kept vacant, and
obtaining for himself the wealthy see of Durham (1099)."
'illegally' amended from 'illegaly'.
ARTICLE FLAMBARD, RANULF: "A bishop, however, was an inconvenient
prisoner, and Flambard soon succeeded in effecting his escape from
the Tower of London." 'succeeded' amended from 'succeded'.
ARTICLE FLAME: "... if the outer tube be slid up again, it detaches
the outer cone and carries it upward." 'be' amended from 'he'.
ARTICLE FLAME: "It is least ambiguous when used in reference to
flames where the combining gases are mixed in theoretical
proportions before issuing from the burner." 'is' amended from
'it'.
ARTICLE FLEURY, ANDRE HERCULE DE: "During the seventeen years of
his orderly government the country found time to recuperate its
forces after the exhaustion caused by the extravagances of Louis
XIV. and of the regent, and the general prosperity rapidly
increased." 'rapidly' amended from 'rapidy'.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE
AND GENERAL INFORMATION