Produced by Marius Masi, Don Kretz and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
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) The following typographical errors have been corrected:
ARTICLE BOMB: "It is probable that here the acid magma was expelled
in a very viscous condition, and the crust which formed on cooling
was burst by the steam from the occluded water." 'magma' amended
from 'magna'.
ARTICLE BONE: "If the surgeon is prompt in operating he may find
the disease limited to that spot." 'If' amended from 'It'.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE
AND GENERAL INFORMATION