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 MAGNETOMETER: "... the determination of the magnetic
elements on board ship is a matter of very considerable
importance." 'determination' amended from 'determinaton'.
ARTICLE MAGNETO-OPTICS: "The relation of the magnetic rotation to
chemical constitution has been studied in great detail by Perkin,
Wachsmuth, Jahn and Schönrock." 'constitution' amended from
'consitution'.
ARTICLE MAGNUS, HEINRICH GUSTAV: "... ('Magnus's green salt' is
PtCl2, 2NH3), of sulphovinic ..." 'PtCl2' amended from 'Ptll2'.
ARTICLE MAHOMET: "With this change we may perhaps couple the
adoption of the name Allah for the Deity ..." 'Deity' amended from
'Diety'.
ARTICLE MAHOMMEDAN LAW: "It was rather the Moslem leaders who were
compelled to abandon their ideas and for the sake of the spread of
Islam to accept and incorporate much that was diametrically opposed
to the original legislation either of the Koran or of Mahomet's
recorded decisions." 'decisions' amended from 'decisons'.
ARTICLE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO: "In 1611 the headquarters of the Dutch
was changed from Bantam to Jakarta, which in 1619 was renamed
Batavia, and was thenceforward the Dutch capital." 'Jakarta'
amended from 'Jakatra'.
ARTICLE MALAYS: "When the first Europeans visited the Malay
Archipelago the Malays had already acquired the art of
manufacturing gunpowder and forging cannon." 'cannon' amended from
'canon'.
ARTICLE MALAY STATES: "The country is mountainous except close to
the coast. The principal rivers are the Patani and the Teloban,
long, winding and shallow, and navigable for small boats only."
'the' amended from 'tle'.
ARTICLE MALOCELLO, LANCILOTO: "This was a Genoese expedition, which
about 1270 seems to have sailed into the Atlantic, re-discovered
the 'Fortunate Islands' or Canaries" 'Atlantic' amended from
'Alantic'.
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