Transcriber’s NotesDrop capitals at the beginning of the chapters do not appear in every chapter in the original work.Footnotes have been renumbered and then moved from bottom of the relevant page to after the Appendix.Contents: “Quercus Liber” appears in Contents as a chapter but is typeset in the original work (page 5) as a section. The original work formatting has been retained.Contents: “The Tree and Growth” appears in Contents as a chapter but is typeset in the original work (page 12) as a section. The original work formatting has been retained.Contents: “Substitutes” appears in Contents as a chapter but is typeset in the original work (page 53) as a section. The original work formatting has been retained.Contents: “Waste utilization” appears in Contents as a section but is typeset in the original work (page 68) as a chapter. The original work formatting has been retained.Page 5: Vaniçek may be misspelled.Page 6: Grammatic may be misspelled.Page 32, molecular structure diagram: The right-hand CH2groups should be connected.Footnote 21: “Etymology of Word” is not found in the original work. The chapter in Contents entitled “Quercus Liber (Linnæus)” et seq. gives the etymology.Unmatched quotation marks have been retained. The original work text is shown in curly brackets, { }, and italics for clarity.Page 22: The closing quotation mark for {Again, “It is produced} was not found.Page 41: The quotation mark at {July 1666” After} is apparently used to set off the date from the diary entry. The closing quotation mark for the diary entry is at {junts (old cable),” but}.Page 43: The opening quotation mark for {the British Museum.”} was not found.Page 43: The closing quotation mark for {“The various applications} is possibly at {blacks known in painting.”} on page 53. Otherwise, both quotation marks are likely unmatched.Page 53: The closing quotation mark for {results. “A primitive material} was not found definitively but possibly could be located immediately after {the elements of cork.} on page 54.This work has been preserved as in the original, including archaic and inconsistent spelling, punctuation and grammar, except as noted below.Changes made to the main text:Preface: (Linneus) changed to (Linnæus).Page 5:Etymologische Worterbuchchanged toEtymologisches Wörterbuch.Page 8:korkeichechanged toKorkeiche.Page 11:Farenheitchanged toFahrenheit.Page 16:tree iself, whichchanged totree itself, which.Page 32:Cyclohaptanonechanged toCycloheptanone.Page 36:7⁄16changed to7⁄16″.Page 54:actetonechanged toacetone.Page 55: The cork manufacturing chart moved from within the paragraph to immediately below the paragraph.Page 69:insultaingchanged toinsulating.Footnote 25: “m”signifying metalchanged to “M”signifying metal.Changes made toA SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS ON CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY:Pages in the original work are numbered beginning with page 1. They are renumbered herein in the format A-x (page 1 is A-1) to avoid conflict with page numbers in the main ‘text.’Page 4, Church's Laboratory Guide: ‘cloth,’ changed to ‘cloth.’Page 10, Olsen: ‘cloth.,’ changed to ‘cloth.’
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