This e-text follows the text of the original work, including
inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, capitalisation and typography.
In particular, the following have not been standardised or corrected
(except when mentioned below):
- the two types of fractions used (2-1/2 and 1-10th, for example);
- errors in calculations (for example, constituent parts that do not add
up to the total given);
- articles that are not in alphabetical order have not been moved (note
that I and J are considered to be equivalent, as in Jasper -- Icehouse
-- Jelly);
- missing reference letters/figures in illustrations;
- inconsistent numbering of sections and paragraphs (for example, there
may be a paragraph number 1, but no number 2 or further; there may be a
section number II, but no number I).
Some illustrations are missing from the original and are not referred to
in the text (Figs. 57, 372), others are provided in the original work,
but not discussed or described. Fig. 93 is not present in the original,
but is described in the text. The original has two illustrations
numbered 384; the second one (on page 464) has been renamed 384*.
Figures 496/497 and 498/499 are remarkably similar, as is their
description.