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Transcriber's notes:
(1) Numbers following letters (without space) like CO2 or C12H18 were
originally printed in subscript.
(2) Letters or fractions following an underscore, like A_{2/3} or V_k,
were originally printed in subscript.
(3) Characters following a carat (^) were printed in superscript.
(4) The infinity sign is rendered as [oo].
(5) Side-notes were moved as titles to their respective paragraphs.
(6) The following typographical error have been corrected:
Article CHATTERJI, BANKIM CHANDRA: "imagination and power of
delineation had never been surpassed" 'never' amended from 'social'.
Article CHATTERJI, BANKIM CHANDRA: "In 1872 he brought out his first
social novel" 'social' amended from 'never'.
Article CHEETA: "dropping from the car on the side remote from its
prey, it approaches stealthily" 'prey' amended from 'sprey'.
Article CHEMISTRY: "in which we may suppose the nitro-group to
replace the a iodine atom" 'iodine' amended from 'hydrogen'.
Article CHEMISTRY: "principles necessary to chemistry as a science"
'science' amended from 'secience'.
Article CHEMISTRY: "electromagnetic theory of light K = N^2" 'N^2'
amended from N_2'.
Article CHESS: "1. P-R8=Q, R-R7 ch;" 'R7' amended from 'Kt7'.
Article CHESS: "5. QPxKt, R-R sq; 6. Kt-B8" 'B8' amended from 'B7'.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE
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