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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:The original text has been maintained, including inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, lay-out, formatting, etc. and in the use of capitals, diacriticals and accents, except as described below under Changes Made. Important inconsistencies include: Saarbruck/Saarbrück, Coalbrookdale/Coalbrook Dale, Roth-liegende/Rothliegende/Röthe-liegende, Westmorland/Westmoreland, blow-pipe/blowpipe, cuttle-fish/cuttlefish, frame-work/framework, fresh-water/freshwater, Kupfer-schiefer/Kupferschiefer, rain-drops/raindrops, re-construct/reconstruct (and related words), Roth-todt-liegende/Rothe-todte-liegende, sub-divide/subdivide (and related words), tile-stones/tilestones, under-clay/underclay, water-stones/waterstones, aërial/aerial, Baikal/Baïkal, Ceteosaurus/Cetiosaurus, Colley Weston/Colleyweston, Cupanioides/Cupanioïdes, Hoffman/Hoffmann (this is apparently the same person, it is not clear what the correct spelling should be); Kjökken-Mödden/Kjökken Mödden/Kjökken-mödden, Mæstricht/Maestricht, Néocomian/Neocomian, predaceous/predacious, proboscideans/proboscidians, and Tunguragua/Tunguraqua.There are slight differences in wording between the Table of Contents, the Index and the text. Since the meaning is not affected, this has not been standardised.Depending on the software used and its settings, some symbols may not display properly, or not at all.Textual remarks:Page 109 (table):12,060should possibly be12,000;Page 196 (table):Red and variegated sandstone (Collyhurst)...: there is a line missing in the original work that is not present in other editions either. This line has been replaced by [...];Page 212:The Lias, in England, is generally in three groups: possibly there is a word (divided or similar) missing;Page 301:The invertebrate animals which characterise the Cretaceous age are among: possibly there is a word missing at the end of the sentence (others);Page 339:not one-fifth the size of Switzerlandshould possibly benot one-fifth the size of Great Britain;Index: contrary to the remark at the top of the index, not all italic entries refer to illustrations.Changes made to original text:Multi-page tables have been combined into single tables.Footnotes have been moved to the end of each chapter.Some obvious typographical errors (including punctuation) have been corrected silently.Table of Contents: entries Eruptive Rocks and The Beginning have been indented one level less as in the text; entry Metamorphic Rocks has been indented one level less, in line with the other headings printed in small capitals.Page 11:Ancylyceraschanged toAncyloceras;Page 34:has disappearedchanged tohave disappeared;Strasburgchanged toStrasbourgas elsewhere;Page 36:Cevenneschanged toCévennesas elsewhere;Page 37:bigarrèchanged tobigarré;greschanged togrèsas elsewhere;porpyhrieschanged toporphyries;Page 57:diameter)changed todiameter(bracket removed);Page 152:on page 155changed toon page 157;Page 167:Liégechanged toLiège;Page 184:Cevenneschanged toCévennesas elsewhere;Rhonechanged toRhôneas elsewhere;Page 194:Nilsoniachanged toNilssoniaas elsewhere;Page 206:Cevenneschanged toCévennesas elsewhere;Page 213:Pentatrinuschanged toPentacrinus;Page 225:Ichythyosauruschanged toIchthyosaurus;Page 239:Nilsoniachanged toNilssoniaas elsewhere;Page 240:Nilsoniachanged toNilssoniaas elsewhere;Page 247, caption fig 115:Polyzoa.changed toPolyzoa.)(bracket added);Page 248:O. cuneateachanged toO. cuneata;Page 250: first footnote anchor missing, inserted in most likely place;Page 269:Grypheachanged toGryphæaas elsewhere;Page 305:represented in Fig. 146changed torepresented in Fig. 145;Page 316:Nymphæeachanged toNymphæa;Page 319:πσχυςchanged toπαχυς;inférièure/inférièurschanged toinférieure/inférieurs;Page 329:Nymphæeaschanged toNymphæas;Page 338:—astodonchanged toMastodon;Page 341:Fig. 161changed toFig. 160;Page 348:Rhonechanged toRhôneas elsewhere;Page 401:chaneledchanged tochannelledas elsewhere;Fig 186changed toFig. 185;Page 413:antedulivianchanged toantediluvian;Page 429:Bauman'schanged toBaumann's;Page 430:Gailenruthchanged toGailenreuthas elsehwere;Page 452:Varesechanged toVarèse;Page 462:Upsalchanged toUpsala;Page 470, footnote 117:Epoqueschanged toÉpoquesas elsewhere;Page 479:Tiniêrechanged toTinière;Page 502:Archeopterixchanged toArcheopteryxas in text;Bathoneanchanged toBathonianas in text;cervicornuschanged tocervicornisas in text;Page 503: second entryCarboniferous Floraaligned withFlora, ditto marks added;Page 504: ditto mark added underManinCreation of Manfor clarity; Cerithium plicatum250changed to350; Coccosteus141changed to142; Coupe d'Ayzac45, 47changed to46, 47;Page 505:Danienchanged toDanianas in text;Duvaliichanged toDuvalliias in text (the modern spelling isDuvalii, Lyell usedDuvallii);Page 508:tichorhynuschanged totichorhinusas in text;Page 509:Igneous,IguanaandIguanodonmoved to proper place in alphabetical order;Kellaway’schanged to Kellaways as in text;Lachowchanged toLächowas in text;lacumosuschanged tolacunosusas in text;Leptœnachanged toLeptænaas in text;Page 510:Limneachanged toLimnæaas in text;Lithostrotion cornu-arietischanged toLituites cornu-arietis;Page 511: page numbers added afterMortillet on GlaciersandMosaic Account of Creation; page reference737changed to73;Page 512:Osmeroïdeschanged toOsmeroidesas in text;Page 513:Pecopteris, page numbers placed in numerical order;Fustembergiichanged toFurstembergiias in text; second reference toOtopteris acuminataremoved;Pecten obicularischanged toPecten orbicularisas in text;Page 514:Podophtalmuschanged toPodophthalmusas in text; Purbeck Beds:27changed to279;Page 515:Reptiles, Prevalence of: two entries combined into one;St. Cassian Bedsmoved to proper alphabetical order; tichorhynus changed to tichorhinus as in text; entries on Sheppey Isle moved to proper alphabetical order;Page 516:Sphæroduschanged toSphœrodusand moved to proper alphabetic place;Sun-Appeninechanged toSub-Apennine;Terebellariamoved to proper place in alphabetical order.
The original text has been maintained, including inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, lay-out, formatting, etc. and in the use of capitals, diacriticals and accents, except as described below under Changes Made. Important inconsistencies include: Saarbruck/Saarbrück, Coalbrookdale/Coalbrook Dale, Roth-liegende/Rothliegende/Röthe-liegende, Westmorland/Westmoreland, blow-pipe/blowpipe, cuttle-fish/cuttlefish, frame-work/framework, fresh-water/freshwater, Kupfer-schiefer/Kupferschiefer, rain-drops/raindrops, re-construct/reconstruct (and related words), Roth-todt-liegende/Rothe-todte-liegende, sub-divide/subdivide (and related words), tile-stones/tilestones, under-clay/underclay, water-stones/waterstones, aërial/aerial, Baikal/Baïkal, Ceteosaurus/Cetiosaurus, Colley Weston/Colleyweston, Cupanioides/Cupanioïdes, Hoffman/Hoffmann (this is apparently the same person, it is not clear what the correct spelling should be); Kjökken-Mödden/Kjökken Mödden/Kjökken-mödden, Mæstricht/Maestricht, Néocomian/Neocomian, predaceous/predacious, proboscideans/proboscidians, and Tunguragua/Tunguraqua.
There are slight differences in wording between the Table of Contents, the Index and the text. Since the meaning is not affected, this has not been standardised.
Depending on the software used and its settings, some symbols may not display properly, or not at all.