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 INDIA: "In a meteorological point of view it is of
considerable importance." 'meteorological' amended from
'meteorolgical'.
ARTICLE INDIA: "... the government of India accordingly agreed in
1908 that the export of opium from India should be reduced year by
year ..." 'opium' amended from 'opum'.
ARTICLE INDIA: "At the head of a small band of horsemen, he had
ridden as far south as Deogiri (Daulatabad) in the Deccan (q.v.),
and plundered the Yadava capital." 'band' amended from 'ban'.
ARTICLE INDIAN MUTINY, THE: "The mutineers were completely cowed;
the king of Delhi was taken and reserved for trial; and his sons
were shot by Captain Hodson ..." 'Captain' amended from 'Catain'.
ARTICLE INDIAN MUTINY, THE: "was advancing with 10,000 Gurkhas to
aid in the operations against Lucknow; but the lateness of his
arrival delayed the opening of the siege until the 2nd of March
1858." 'against' amended from 'againt'.
ARTICLE INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN: "Somewhere between the lower St
Lawrence and Hudson's Bay (Brinton, Hale); in S. Ohio and Kentucky
(Boyle, Thomas)." 'Hudson's' amended from 'Hubson's'.
ARTICLE INDIGO: "... resulting no doubt in the retention of a
portion of the industry, the synthetic product has gained the upper
hand and is likely to retain it." 'retention' amended from
'retension'.
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