TRANSCRIBER’S NOTEFootnotes[13]and[14]have multiple anchors onpage 47.Footnote[25]has multiple anchors onpage 76.Footnotes[53],[54]and[56]have multiple anchors onpage 228.The illustrations on pages 90, 254 and 257 were vertical and have been rotated to the horizontal.Some illustrations have been moved several pages to be closer to the related text.The table onpage 184of the original book was very wide, and has been split into 3 parts.Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.Pg 49: ‘projecting sponsoons’ replaced by ‘projecting sponsons’.Pg 57: ‘1-inch Nordenfelt’ replaced by ‘1-inch Nordenfeldt’.Pg 76: ‘Furiex’ (in table) replaced by ‘Furieux’.Pg 89: ‘nearly 600 tons’ replaced by ‘nearly 6000 tons’.Pg 98: ‘slow burning power’ replaced by ‘slow burning powder’.Pg 118: ‘Dmitry Donskoi’ (in table) replaced by ‘Dmitri Donsköi’.Pg 118: ‘Admiral Kornilof’ replaced by ‘Admiral Korniloff’.Pg 140: ‘Rinda’ replaced by ‘Rynda’.Pg 180: ‘floating ing batteries’ replaced by ‘floating batteries’.Pg 243: ‘Whitehead torpedes’ replaced by ‘Whitehead torpedoes’.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Footnotes[13]and[14]have multiple anchors onpage 47.Footnote[25]has multiple anchors onpage 76.Footnotes[53],[54]and[56]have multiple anchors onpage 228.
The illustrations on pages 90, 254 and 257 were vertical and have been rotated to the horizontal.
Some illustrations have been moved several pages to be closer to the related text.
The table onpage 184of the original book was very wide, and has been split into 3 parts.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Pg 49: ‘projecting sponsoons’ replaced by ‘projecting sponsons’.Pg 57: ‘1-inch Nordenfelt’ replaced by ‘1-inch Nordenfeldt’.Pg 76: ‘Furiex’ (in table) replaced by ‘Furieux’.Pg 89: ‘nearly 600 tons’ replaced by ‘nearly 6000 tons’.Pg 98: ‘slow burning power’ replaced by ‘slow burning powder’.Pg 118: ‘Dmitry Donskoi’ (in table) replaced by ‘Dmitri Donsköi’.Pg 118: ‘Admiral Kornilof’ replaced by ‘Admiral Korniloff’.Pg 140: ‘Rinda’ replaced by ‘Rynda’.Pg 180: ‘floating ing batteries’ replaced by ‘floating batteries’.Pg 243: ‘Whitehead torpedes’ replaced by ‘Whitehead torpedoes’.