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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTEFootnote [37] is referenced six times frompage 237;footnote [52] is referenced twice frompage 311;footnote [54] is referenced four times frompages 317andpage 318.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.Some { bracketing in some tables has been adjusted or removed for readability.Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.Pg viii: page number ‘8’ replaced by ‘48’.Pg xvi: Added new section ‘CONGREVE ROCKETS.’ to the ToC.Pg xviii: ‘Embrasures’ replaced by ‘Embrazures’.Pg xxi: ‘312, 313, 314’ replaced by ‘312–4’.Pg 61: ‘thirty ronnds of’ replaced by ‘thirty rounds of’.Pg 69: in the table header ‘Fore | Diameter’ replaced by ‘Fore | Hind’.Pg 72: in second column of the table ‘3¾’ replaced by ‘2¾’.Pg 80: ‘4⅗ inch Mortar’ replaced by ‘4⅖ inch Mortar’.Pg 85: in the table ‘5½ in c’ replaced by ‘5½ inch’.Pg 91: in LEVERS section ‘lb. oz.’ replaced by ‘ft. in.’Pg 171: in the table ‘1’ replaced by ‘10’.Pg 171: in the table ‘1209’ replaced by ‘1200’.Pg 176: ‘to facilite the’ replaced by ‘to facilitate the’.Pg 187: ‘assist 2 at’ replaced by ‘assists 2 at’.Pg 195: ‘at an elevavation’ replaced by ‘at an elevation’.Pg 222: ‘a longe range’ replaced by ‘a long range’.Pg 226: ‘they ricoched and’ replaced by ‘they ricocheted and’.Pg 226: the italic markup on the small table has been removed.Pg 227: ‘the same is in’ replaced by ‘the same as in’.Pg 234: ‘left betweeen the’ replaced by ‘left between the’.Pg 235: ‘placed at tho top’ replaced by ‘placed at the top’.Pg 238: ‘embrasures should be’ replaced by ‘embrazures should be’.Pg 291: ‘(5 × 1)’ replaced by ‘(5 + 1)’.Pg 318: the footnote in the original book ‘See note, p. 317’ was redundant and has been removed.Pg 320: ‘is is a’ replaced by ‘it is a’.Footnote [7]: ‘to five eet’ replaced by ‘to five feet’.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Footnote [37] is referenced six times frompage 237;footnote [52] is referenced twice frompage 311;footnote [54] is referenced four times frompages 317andpage 318.
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.
Some { bracketing in some tables has been adjusted or removed for readability.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Pg viii: page number ‘8’ replaced by ‘48’.Pg xvi: Added new section ‘CONGREVE ROCKETS.’ to the ToC.Pg xviii: ‘Embrasures’ replaced by ‘Embrazures’.Pg xxi: ‘312, 313, 314’ replaced by ‘312–4’.Pg 61: ‘thirty ronnds of’ replaced by ‘thirty rounds of’.Pg 69: in the table header ‘Fore | Diameter’ replaced by ‘Fore | Hind’.Pg 72: in second column of the table ‘3¾’ replaced by ‘2¾’.Pg 80: ‘4⅗ inch Mortar’ replaced by ‘4⅖ inch Mortar’.Pg 85: in the table ‘5½ in c’ replaced by ‘5½ inch’.Pg 91: in LEVERS section ‘lb. oz.’ replaced by ‘ft. in.’Pg 171: in the table ‘1’ replaced by ‘10’.Pg 171: in the table ‘1209’ replaced by ‘1200’.Pg 176: ‘to facilite the’ replaced by ‘to facilitate the’.Pg 187: ‘assist 2 at’ replaced by ‘assists 2 at’.Pg 195: ‘at an elevavation’ replaced by ‘at an elevation’.Pg 222: ‘a longe range’ replaced by ‘a long range’.Pg 226: ‘they ricoched and’ replaced by ‘they ricocheted and’.Pg 226: the italic markup on the small table has been removed.Pg 227: ‘the same is in’ replaced by ‘the same as in’.Pg 234: ‘left betweeen the’ replaced by ‘left between the’.Pg 235: ‘placed at tho top’ replaced by ‘placed at the top’.Pg 238: ‘embrasures should be’ replaced by ‘embrazures should be’.Pg 291: ‘(5 × 1)’ replaced by ‘(5 + 1)’.Pg 318: the footnote in the original book ‘See note, p. 317’ was redundant and has been removed.Pg 320: ‘is is a’ replaced by ‘it is a’.Footnote [7]: ‘to five eet’ replaced by ‘to five feet’.