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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 BERKELEY, SIR WILLIAM: "His first term as governor, during
which he seems to have been extremely popular with the majority of
the colonists, was notable principally for his religious
intolerance and his expulsion of the Puritans, who were in a great
minority." 'expulsion' amended from 'expulson'.
ARTICLE BESTUZHEV-RYUMIN, ALEXIUS PETROVICH: "To prevent
underground intrigues, Bestuzhev now proposed the erection of a
council of ministers, to settle all important affairs ..."
'underground' amended from 'undergound'.
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