The Editor wishes to express his gratitude and appreciation to the
following, to whom he is indebted for much valuable assistance in the
form of illustrations and special information:
ADDRESSOGRAPH CO.
“THE AMERICAN BOY.”
AMERICAN CHICLE CO.
AMERICAN CYANAMID CO.
AMERICAN LAFRANCE FIRE ENGINE CO.
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE CO.
“AMERICAN MAGAZINE.”
AMERICAN PIN CO.
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO.
ARMOUR & CO.
BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS.
“BALTIMORE AMERICAN.”
BETHLEHEM STEEL CO.
JAMES BOYD & BROTHER, INC.
BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER CO.
BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE CO.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT GROWERS’ EXCHANGE.
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD ASSOCIATION.
CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO.
COLT’S PATENT FIRE ARMS MANUFACTURING CO.
COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE CO.
COLUMBIAN ROPE CO.
COMMON SENSE GUM CO.
CONSOLIDATED FIRE WORKS COMPANY OF AMERICA.
CURTIS AEROPLANE CO.
CURTIS PUBLISHING CO.
CUTLER-HAMMER MANUFACTURING CO.
DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO.
G. M. DODGE CO.
EASTMAN KODAK CO.
ENDICOTT, JOHNSON & CO.
“THE FIELD.”
“FIRE AND WATER ENGINEERING.”
FORD MOTOR CO.
GATCHEL & MANNING.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
GENERAL MOTORS TRUCK CO.
GLOUCESTER (MASS.) BOARD OF TRADE.
B. F. GOODRICH CO.
HAYNES AUTO CO.
HENDEE MANUFACTURING CO.
R. HOE & CO.
GEORGE A. HORMEL & CO.
HOTPOINT ELECTRIC HEATING CO.
HUDSON AND MANHATTAN RAILROAD CO.
INDIANA STEEL CO.
INGERSOLL-RAND CO.
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF AMERICA.
INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO.
JACOBS & DAVIES, ENGINEERS.
LAKE TORPEDO BOAT CO.
MCCLURE CO.
MERGANTHALER LINOTYPE CO.
MONROE CALCULATING MACHINE CO.
NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD CO.
NEW YORK EDISON CO.
NIAGARA FALLS POWER CO.
OTIS ELEVATOR CO.
THE PANAMA CANAL, WASHINGTON OFFICE.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO.
THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUMS.
PLYMOUTH CORDAGE CO.
NICHOLAS POWER CO.
PYRENE MANUFACTURING CO.
“RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE.”
MR. GEORGE A. READING.
REMINGTON ARMS-UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO.
A. I. ROOT CO.
“SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.”
“SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE.”
STANDARD STEEL CAR CO.
CAPT. CHARLES H. THOMPSON.
MR. CHARLES L. TROUT.
MR. HAROLD L. TUERS.
UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CO.
UNITED STATES RUBBER CO.
WALTHAM WATCH CO.
WESTINGHOUSE CO.
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.
WILCOX & HARVEY MFG. CO.
“WINSTON’S CUMULATIVE ENCYCLOPEDIA.”
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| TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES |
| |
| This e-book uses the text of the original printed work, including |
| all inconsistencies in spelling, capitalisation, lay-out, |
| hyphenation, etc. Examples are can not, cannot; æstivation, |
| Aestivation; ax, axe; Buenos Aires, Ayres; Hong Kong, Hongkong; |
| saltpeter, saltpetre, etc. The spelling of non-English words (Abbe,|
| Lumiere, Cinematograph) has not been corrected. |
| |
| Remarks on the text: |
| Page 17: Bremenhaven is possibly a typographical error for |
| Bremerhaven. |
| Page 172: Blaew is more commonly spelled Blaeu. |
| Page 317: The accompanying illustrations: there is only one |
| illustration on white blackberries. |
| Page 321: as shown in the illustrations: there is only one |
| illustration with pin sizes. |
| Page 394: reference to A in illustration: this is invisible in the |
| original work. |
| Page 450: the original work uses the $ sign with two vertical |
| strokes, which is not supported in many fonts, and has therefore |
| been replaced with the symbol with the single stroke. |
| Page 505-517: The table of contents calls this chapter Pictorial |
| Story of the Airship; the page headings are Views of Airships or |
| Views of Air Ships. The former has been used as chapter title for |
| this e-book. |
| Page 561: reference to illustration of roughly reconstructed Gallic|
| reaper: this illustration is not present in the original work. |
| |
| Changes made to the text: |
| Chapter headings have been inserted for the Pictorial Stories |
| (Fishing Industry, Steel Industry, Fire Apparatus, Airship, |
| Railroad Scenes from Shop and Road) to replace the page headers |
| used in the original work. |
| Footnotes have been moved to the end of text. |
| Some obvious minor typographical errors and punctuation errors have|
| been corrected silently. |
| Page 14: become changed to became |
| Page 40: simple changed to simply; there about changed to there are|
| about |
| Page 45: to-day changed to today as elsewhere |
| Page 74: finger prints changed to finger-prints as elsewhere |
| Page 108: become hard changed to became hard |
| Page 149: snaking changed to shaking |
| Page 150: flintlock changed to flint-lock as elsewhere |
| Page 185: counter his changed to counter, his |
| Page 207: percolater changed to percolator as elsewhere |
| Page 224: Aboard changed to Abroad |
| Page 324: lormed changed to formed |
| Page 357: footnote anchor [27] added |
| Page 411: eyeholes changed to eye-holes as elsewhere |
| Page 415: uneffected changed to unaffected |
| Page 421: counter-weights changed to counterweights as elsewhere |
| Page 504: cropped changed to dropped |
| Page 518: sky-scraper changed to skyscraper as elsewhere |
| Page 601: Oynx changed to Onyx (and moved to proper place) |
| Index: several entries moved to proper alphabetical order. |
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