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| Transcriber notes: |
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| p. vi. 'Cumbustion without Flame,' changed 'Cumbustion' to |
| 'Combustion'. |
| P. 18. 'diaphonous' changed to 'diaphanous' as in 'diaphanous |
| bodies'. |
| P. 29. 'here it' changed to 'here is'. |
| P. 32. 'the stall' changed to 'the stalk.'. |
| P. 38. 'the performed', changed 'performed' to 'performer'. |
| P. 61. 'Several t icks', should read 'Several tricks', fixed. |
| P. 74. 'convinience' changed to 'convenience'. |
| P. 76. 'supicion' changed to 'suspicion'. |
| P. 93. 'the smooth', changed 'the' to 'them'. |
| P. 94. 'sacer' changed to 'saucer'. |
| P. 101. 'appearence' changed to 'appearance'. |
| P. 103. 'lines will will', changed to 'lines will'. |
| P. 105. 'salt of strontian', changed 'strontian' to 'strontium'. |
| P. 105. 'will loose', changed 'loose' to 'lose'. |
| P. 122. 'seperated' changed to 'separated'. |
| P. 130. 'ja' changed to 'jar'. |
| P. 141. 'the crd, aon' changed to 'the crd, on'. |
| P. 142. 'thst the' changed to 'that the'. |
| P. 160. 'these are are' changed to 'these are'. |
| P. 167. 'sprinke some powdered camphor', changed 'sprinke' to |
| 'sprinkle'. |
| P. 169. 'preduce similar effects', changed 'preduce' to 'produce'. |
| P. 175. Fig. 2 'REFRACTING STERESCOPE' changed to 'REFRACTING |
| STEREOSCOPE'. |
| P. 192. 'blow throw the quill' changed 'throw' to 'through'. |
| P. 195. 'calcuated' changed to 'calculated'. |
| P. 196. 'abou' chanaged to 'about'. |
| P. 198. 'phemomena of nature.', changed 'phemomena' to 'phenomena'.|
| P. 201. 'perpindicular' changed to 'perpendicular'. |
| P. 210. 'half of tha triple', changed 'tha' to 'that'. |
| P. 214. 'a little scrunity' changed 'scrunity' to 'scrutiny'. |
| P. 216. 'in successsion' changed to 'in succession'. |
| P. 225. 'proceded' changed to 'proceeded'. |
| P. 253. Added two missing em dashes to answers. |
| P. 254. 'put suppose the', changed 'put' to 'but'. |
| P. 255. 'put prior', changed 'put' to 'but'. |
| P. 284. 'when you clearl', changed 'clearl' to 'clearly'. |
| P. 288. '48. A MAZE OR LABRYINTH.'; changed 'LABRYINTH' to |
| 'LABYRINTH'. |
| P. 303. 'line us the basis', changed 'us' to 'as'. |
| P. 305. 'will readly', changed 'readly' to 'readily'. |
| P. 306. 'the forms therto)', changed 'therto' to 'thereto'. |
| P. 307. 'Fig 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,', changed 'Fig' to 'Figs.' |
| P. 307. 'With this uplex', changed 'uplex' to 'duplex'. |
| P. 307. 'several direetions', changed 'direetions' to 'directions'.|
| P. 316. 'illustrations o', changed 'o' to 'of'. |
| P. 317. 'In desigining' changed 'desigining' to 'designing'. |
| P. 320. 'first (Fig.', changed to 'first (Fig. 54)'. |
| P. 349. 'and unlimited' changed to 'an unlimited'. |
| P. 351. 'the flottom' changed to 'the bottom'. |
| P. 353. 'beng reflected' changed to 'being reflected'. |
| P. 353. 'mithltiplied' changed to 'multiplied'. |
| Add: Inquire Within... 'populur' changed to 'popular'. |
| Changed 'fradulent' to 'fraudulent'. |
| Add: 'The Reason Why:' changed 'lightining' to 'lightning'. |
| Add: 'Live and Learn;' changed 'recommonded' to 'recommend'. |
| Add: 'Amusements of Home,' changed 'pastime' to 'pastimes'. |
| Add: 'PARLOR THEATRICALS' changed 'everthing' to 'everything'. |
| Add: 'Chesterfield's Art of Letter-writing' changed 'Busines' |
| to 'Business'. |
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