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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) 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 FALLIERES, CLEMENT ARMAND: "He was elected on the first
ballot by 449 votes against 371 for his opponent, Paul Doumer."
'against' amended from 'againt'.
ARTICLE FARINI, LUIGI CARLO: "As a member of the Sardinian
parliament and as a journalist Farini was one of the staunchest
supporters of Cavour (q.v.), and strongly favoured the proposal
that Piedmont should participate in the Crimean War, ..." 'Crimean'
amended from 'Cimean'.
ARTICLE FARMERS' MOVEMENT: "Nor could politics be excluded, though
officially tabooed; for economics must be considered by social
idealists, and economics everywhere ran into politics." 'tabooed'
amended from 'tatooed'.
ARTICLE FARNESE: "Of these the most famous was Pierluigi Farnese
(1503-1547), who served in the papal army in various campaigns, but
also took part in the sack of Rome in 1527." 'campaigns' amended
from 'compaigns'.
ARTICLE FASTING: "Confucianism ought perhaps to be named as one.
Zoroastrianism is frequently given as another, but hardly
correctly." 'correctly' amended from 'corrrectly'.
ARTICLE FEATHER : "The plumage in nestling birds is still further
complicated by the fact that it may be almost, or entirely,
composed of pre-plumulae; that is to say, of down-feathers which
are later succeeded by adult down-feathers." 'further' ameded from
'futher'.
ARTICLE FELTHAM, OWEN : "He is famous chiefly as the author of a
volume entitled Resolves, Divine, Moral and Political, containing
one hundred short and pithy essays." 'He' amended from 'Hs'.
ARTICLE FENELON, FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE : "Tender-hearted
he might be in practice; but toleration he declares synonymous with
'cowardly indulgence and false compassion .'" 'compassion' amended
from 'compasssion'.
ARTICLE FENELON, FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE : "Followed
thereon an independent philosophical Treatise on the Existence of
God, wherein Fenelon rewrote Descartes in the spirit of St
Augustine." 'philosophical' amended from 'philsophical'.
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