There’s an incorrect reference to Nov. 30 in the early part of book 2 to fix [I read it over and left it there. Close enough for fiction, but I am sure they would have missed the moon by a lot.] Dates were not fixed. inconsistent spelling of Palliser, Palisser This only occurs twice in the book, so both are left in. pyroxyle sometimes with xile ‘yle’ ending was accepted by undisputed “majority rule” aluminum and aluminium The former accepted. maybe 18000 instead of 17000 yards/sec? 30th degree of lunar latitude instead of 13th? there seems to be an inconsistency in the title for book 2 Numbers, units, dates, times and math errors have NOT been changed. Typographic conventions in the book: The book uses ligatures for ff fi fl ffi ffl; I have simply spelled these out. Chapter N is in italics. The chapter titles are in small caps. The first word of each chapter has an oversize capital, and the rest of the word is in small caps. If the first word is two letters or less, the second word is also in small caps. AM and PM are always in small caps, as A.M. or P.M. All these have been changed to PG standards. My typographic conventions: There are a few lines longer than 80 character, usually because I have inserted a {sic phrase} in the line. I am using % as a line-break character in these cases; the % and the following new-line should be deleted. {correction} I have indicated some candidates for correction in braces. All these were appreciated! and either corrected or ignored. _italics_ are marked with underbars These are left in for the next proofer to turn into CAPS for PG. #SMALL CAPS# are enclosed in hash-marks # $ae $’e dollar-sign preceeds ligatures and accented characters. The accent follows the $ and precedes the letter. I’ve tried to get ’ and ‘ (as accents) right. I have used : as an accent marker for umlaut. All are removed. I’ve used ‘ and ’ to enclose (recursive) quotes. Ascii has no provision for distinguishable open and close doublequotes. The book uses ligatures for ff fi fl ffi ffl; I have simply spelled these out. L for British Pound. All these conventions (except the circumflex) have been accepted. bold indicates a different typeface Removed (only one case) and probably a printers error? δ indicates a non-ascii character, here the greek letter delta left in.