Nelson and His Captains. Dr. W. H. Fitchett.│
│ │
│17. With Edged Tools. Henry Seton Merriman.│
│ │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ London: SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15 Waterloo Place, S.W. │
│ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transcriber’s note:
Errata, ‘last’ changed to ‘Last,’ “„ 306 _Last line_ „ “our” „ “yours.””
Page 72, ‘od’ changed to ‘rod,’ “instead of the measuring rod”
Page 90, ‘sétier’ changed to ‘setier,’ “the variable setier of
seed-corn”
Page 92, ‘„’ inserted before ‘10,’ “Cosso (Sc. Lug.) „ 10”
Page 145, decimal struck before ‘1-1/4,’ “20 [oz] = 1-1/4 [lb]”
Page 167, ‘Moghul’ changed to ‘Mogul,’ “Moslem conquerors, Mogul and
Pathan”
Page 187, ‘filus’ changed to ‘filūs,’ “filūs), followed by ‘XX cash.’”
Page 193, ‘t me requ red’ changed to ‘time required,’ “unit was the time
required to walk”
Page 195, ‘epact’ changed to ‘Epact,’ “increase of the Epact during”
Page 198, ‘densit’ changed to ‘density,’ “The maximum density of water”
Page 198, ‘double’ changed to ‘halve,’ “Deduct 32°; halve the degrees;
add”
Page 198, hyphen moved from before ‘body’ to after, “Normal
body-temperature is taken”
Page 201, ‘er ai’ changed to ‘certain,’ “certain distance in a certain
time”
Page 222, dittos replaced with original text, “is 144 dirhems of 47·66
grs.”
Page 224, ‘ruba’ changed to ‘rūba,’ “divided into 4 rūba and”
Page 252, ‘onomatopæic’ changed to ‘onomatopœic,’ “belong to an
onomatopœic class”
Page 255, ‘gallons’ value inserted for ‘Spain,’
“Spain, 64·55 „ 14·23 „”
Page 282, ‘decimales’ changed to ‘décimales,’ “à 2 heures 10 minutes
décimales”
Page 299, ‘alterative’ changed to ‘alternative,’ “have alternative
decimal series”
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Men and Measures, by Edward Nicholson
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account