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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) Letters topped by Macron are represented as [=x].
(5) dP stands for the partial-derivative symbol, or curled 'd'.
(6) [oo] stands for the infinity symbol, and [int] for the integral
symbol.
(7) The following typographical errors have been corrected:
Article DIAMOND: "If this be so the form of the diamond is really
the tetrahedron (and the various figures derived symmetrically from
it) and not the octahedron". 'octahedron' amended from
'octadehron'.
Article DIARY: "diaries began to be largely written in England,
although in most cases without any idea of even eventual
publication". 'largely' amended from 'largly'.
Article DICOTYLEDONS: "The arrangement of the conducting tissue in
the stem is characteristic; a transverse section of the very young
stem shows a number of distinct conducting strands". 'number'
amended from 'nunber'.
Article DIEKIRCH: "It remained more or less fortified until the
beginning of the 19th century when the French during their
occupation levelled the old walls, and substituted the avenues of
trees that now encircle the town". 'or' amended from 'for'.
Article DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF: "as the second difference of u_n,
and therefore as corresponding to the value x_n"; 'difference'
amended from 'dfference'.
Article DINAJPUR: "a town (with a population in 1901 of 13,430) and
district of British India, in the Rajshahi division of Eastern
Bengal and Assam". 'British' amended from 'Britsh'.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE
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