The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties: First EditionSnow, Charles H. (Charles Henry)
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The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties: First Edition
Snow, Charles H. (Charles Henry)
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Page 35: Some paragraphs of the original printed book appear to be
footnotes, but lack an anchor in the text. For example, the one on
page 35 is likely a general reference for the Genus Ulmus (Elm).
Pages 123-124 contain a particularly interesting example. This
Chapter on Eucalyptus contains five footnote paragraphs. The third
and fifth are not anchored. It may be that either: (1) the third
paragraph was meant to be part of the second footnote, or (2) the
third paragraph was meant to be a general reference for Eucalyptus,
or (3) the anchor for the third paragraph was simply not printed
due to typographical error. Since such ambiguity is rather common
in this book, the footnote paragraphs, both anchored and not, have
been retained in the order printed, but relocated to the end of the
immediate containing section.
Page 57: "chrysaphylla" changed to "chrysophylla".
Page 60: the original second footnote, " * Keeler notes experiments
made to prove resistance on part of beechwood." had no anchor in the
text, and in the 1908 edition (the Second Edition, First Thousand),
this footnote was omitted entirely from the corresponding chapter.
Herein, it is retained.
Page 64: "virginina" changed to "virginiana".
Page 88: the names "Salix babylónica", and "Salix babylonica" (the
latter in the index), are both retained. There are several other
retained instances of spelling inconsistencies in the use of accents,
or "æ-ligature" versus "ae".
Page 120: "Santa Anna" on page 120 and "Santa Ana" on page 118 are
both retained.
Pages 133, 149: these two data tables were recast in a different
shape to achieve shorter line length.
Page 168: The table says "Spanish Cedar. (See page 99.)". This may be
a misprint, referring to page 119.
Page 198: Index entry "_Nectanara_, 115" changed to "_Nectandra_,
115". Also, "_Negunao_" to "_Negundo_".
Page 201: "Caliofrnia" (under "Sassafras") to "Californian".
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