Part 10

“Latter,” correct use of, 107.

Laws, capitalization of names of, 27.

“Lay,” distinguished from _lie_, 107.

Legal references, words, phrases, and abbreviations italicized, 64.

Legends, omission of period after, 12.

Legislative bodies, capitalization of names of, 28.

“Less,” distinguished from _fewer_, 107.

Letter, Business: heading, 115; address, 116; salutation, 116; text of, 118; complimentary close, 121; signature, 122; envelope, 123; correct example of, 126.

Letter, Formal: heading, 115; address, 116; salutation, 117–118; text of, 120; complimentary close, 122; signature, 122; envelope, 123; correct examples of, 126–128.

Letter, Informal: heading, 115; address, 116; salutation, 117; text of, 120; complimentary close, 121–122; signature, 122; envelope, 123; correct examples of, 126–128.

Letter writing: introductory remarks on, 114; rules for, 115–125; examples of correct, 126–128; the signature, 122–123; envelope, 123–124; postal cards, 125; in general, 125; business, formal, informal, treatment of, 115–122.

Letters (correspondence): capitalization, punctuation, etc., rules for, 11, 12, 29; dates, where placed and when capitalized, 30; postal regulations, 129–141.

Letters: use of dash to indicate omission of, 13; use of apostrophe to indicate omission of, 19; used to mark divisions in enumerations, to be set in parentheses, 18; spacing of superior and inferior, 59.

“Liable,” distinguished from _likely_, 107.

“Life,” compounds with, 47.

“Like,” compounds with, 49.

“Likely,” correct use of, 107.

Linear measure, table of, 150.

Liquid measure, table of, 150.

Literary references: minor subdivisions, not capitalized, 28.

“Loan,” not used as a verb, 107.

“Locate,” distinguished from _settle_, 107.

_Loc. cit._, italicized, 64.

“Love,” distinguished from _like_, 107.

Lozenge indention, described, 56.

“Luxuriant,” distinguished from _luxurious_, 107.

“Mad,” distinguished from _angry_, 107.

Magazines. _See_ Periodicals.

Mail matter: first class, defined, 129; second class, 129; third class, 130; fourth class, 131; wrapping of, 132; forwarding of, 132; what cannot be mailed, 132; concealed matter, 133; domestic rates, 134; foreign rates, 134; rates for Cuba, Mexico, Canada, and Panama, 135; foreign parcels post, 136; money orders, 137; international money orders, 137; registered, domestic, and foreign, 138; special delivery, 139; postal distances and time from New York, 140.

“Major,” when spelled in full, 68.

“Man,” compounds with, 49. _See_ under _Gentleman_.

Manuscript: how to indicate capitals in, 30; italics in, 64.

Manutius, Aldus: relation to punctuation of, 3; designer of italic types, 62.

Mariners’ measure, table of, 151.

“Master,” compounds with, 47.

Mathematical signs, list of, 91–92.

“May.” _See_ under _Can_.

“Me,” correct use of, 107.

“Means,” either singular or plural, 107.

Measures: tables of, and general rules for, 149–160; linear, 150; square, 150; dry, 150; liquid, 150; paper, 151; time, 151; circular, 151; cloth, 151; mariners’, 151; surveyors’, 151; cubic, 152; British, 152; electrical, 155; builders’, 157; of timber and wood, 157; grain, 157; hay, 158; yard, 158; of barrels, 159; in the British Dependencies, 159; in European countries, 159–160.

Medical: signs, list of, 92; capitalization of, terms, 23.

“Memoranda,” plural of _memorandum_, 109.

Metric system: of weights and measures, 149; of equivalents, 152.

Mexico, postal rates to, 135.

“Mid,” compounds with, 46.

Military bodies, numbers of, spelled out, 32.

Miscellaneous measures, table of, 151.

Miscellaneous terms, abbreviations of, 81–89.

Monastic orders, capitalization of, 20.

Monetary signs, abbreviations of, 90–91; spacing of, 60.

Money order fees, 137.

“Monger,” compounds with, 51.

Months of year: capitalization of, 23; numbers preceding spelled out, 32; abbreviations of, 65–66.

“Most,” avoid using for _almost_, 107.

“Mother”: capitalization of, 24; compounds with, 47.

“Must,” correct use of, 107.

“Mutual,” distinguished from _common_, 108.

Names: capitalization of proper, 22–24; of publishers, in literary references, use of colon, 11; of societies, expositions, and conventions, capitalization of, 25; of races, tribes, etc., capitalization of, 27; abbreviation of proper, 66; Christian, 66–68; of scientific genera and species, italicized, 64; of stars, italicized, 64.

“Negligence,” distinguished from _neglect_, 108.

“Neither,” correct use of, 108.

“News,” is singular, 108.

Newspapers: titles of, article not treated as part of, 30; titles of, italicized, 62; postal rates and regulations for, 129.

New Testament, list of abbreviations for, 90.

“Nice,” correct use of, 108.

Nobility, capitalization of titles of, 25.

“No place,” written _nowhere_, 108.

“Non-,” compounds with, 50.

“Nor.” _See_ under _Or_.

“Not . . . but,” double negative, 108.

Notes, use of brackets in enclosing, 18.

“Notorious,” correct use of, 108.

Nouns: capitalization of geographical, simple and compounded, 22; capitalization of, followed by capitalized roman numeral, 28; hyphenization of, standing in objective relation to each other, 46–47; formation of possessive case of common and proper, 18–19; plural of polysyllabic proper ending in sibilant, how formed, 19; verbal, ending in _-ing_, distinguished from participles, 106.

“Nowhere near,” vulgarism for _not nearly_, 108.

Number: pronouns must agree with their antecedents, 108; of nouns and verbs must agree, 108.

Numbers: use of comma with, 7; when to spell out, 31–33; use of apostrophe to indicate omission of, 19; percentage, figures always used, 31; in statistics, figures used, 32; in ordinary matter, of less than three digits, to be spelled out, 32; in groups, varying in digits use figures, 32; round, treatment of, 32; commencing a sentence, spelled out, 32; expressed in figures, not to be divided, 54.

Numerals: use of period, following roman, 12; of apostrophe in forming plural, 19; roman, origin and early use of, 93–96; list of roman and arabic, 96–97; rules for use of roman, 98.

“O,” capitalization of word, 29.

_œ_, rules for use of 33.

“Of”: correct use of, 108; use of comma before, in connection with proper name, 7.

Ohm. _See_ Electrical measures.

_Op. cit._, italicized, 64.

“Open punctuation,” favored by best usage, 3–4; and “close punctuation,” 3–4.

“Or,” correct use of, 108.

Orders, monastic, capitalization of, 20.

Ordinals, capitalization of, 29.

Orthography: rules of, 33–36; final _f_, _l_, or _s_, 33; final consonant following diphthong, 33; added terminations after final accented syllable, 33–34; after diphthong or two vowels, 34; after final syllable ending in two consonants, 34; after final silent _e_, 34–35; after _ce_ or _ge_, 35; after final _e_ in participles, 35; after final _ie_, 35; after final _y_, 35–36; of French endings in _-re_, 36; of possessives of proper nouns, 36; of _-sion_ and _-tion_, 36; of _-or_ and _-our_, 34.

“Ought,” never combined with had, 109

_-our_, words ending in, 34.

“Out loud,” never used for _aloud_, 109.

“Over” compounds with, 50.

Panama, postal rates to, 135.

Paper measure, table of, 151.

Parables, biblical, capitalization of titles, 20.

Paragraphs, explanation of, 57; rules for, 55–58; unity, 57; emphasis, 57, 58; length, 57; coherence, 57; connective words between related sentences, 58; space used proportional to importance, 58; length, 58; indention of, 55, 57, 58, 60.

Parcel post, domestic, 131, 162; foreign, 136.

“Parent,” compounds of, 47.

Parentheses: substitution of dashes for, 14; use of, with interrogation-point, 16; placing of period with, 11; defined, 18; use of, in figures or letters to mark divisions in enumerations, 18; subdivided by brackets, 18.

Parenthetical clauses. _See_ Clauses.

Parks, capitalization of names of, 23.

“Partake of,” never used for _eat_, 109.

## Participles:

list of, how spelled, 37; not to be hyphenated with adverbs ending in “-ly,” 46; ending in _-ing_, distinguished from verbal nouns, 106.

## Particles, in French, German, Italian, and Dutch, capitalization

of, 25–26.

## Parties, political, capitalization of names of, 27.

“Party,” never used for _person_, 109.

_Passim_, italicized, 64.

Pence. _See_ Shillings.

Peoples, capitalization of names or epithets of, 27.

“Per,” correct use of, 109.

Percentage, use of figures in, 31.

“Perception,” correct use of, 109.

Periodicals: titles of, definite article not to be treated as part of, 30; use of italics for, 62; postal rates, etc., 129.

Periods: placing of, in connection with quotation-marks, 11; rules for use of, 11–12; omitted after running-heads, 12; after box-heads in tables, 12; after cut-in side notes, 12; after centered head-lines, 12; after legends, 12; after subheads, 12; after date-lines, 12; after signatures, 12; after titles, blocked headings, etc., 12; after roman numerals, 12; use of, after abbreviations, 12; after a complete sentence, 12; to indicate an ellipsis, 12.

Personifications: abstract ideas, capitalization of, 23.

Phrases: inverted, use of comma, 5; in apposition, use of comma, 6; salutatory, use of comma, 7; foreign, italicization of, 62–63.

“Pilgrim Fathers,” capitalization of, 22.

Plays, rule for references to, 66.

Plurals, of foreign words: _cherub_, _memorandum_, _datum_, _donna_, _stratum_, _addendum_, and _rubai_, 109.

P.M. (_post meridiem_): set in small capitals, 30; spacing of, 59.

Poetry: rules for quotation alignment, in setting, 17; titles of poems, to be quoted, 17; omission of apostrophe in poems when word is contracted for meter, 19; capitalization of first word of each line, 29; indention of, 55; italicizing of, 62.

Points of compass: capitalization of, 22, 23, 24; hyphenization, 49.

Political alliances, parties, divisions, capitalization of names of, 27, 28.

Political divisions, capitalization of, 28.

Possessive case, how designated, 19.

Possessives of proper nouns ending in _s_, how formed, 36.

“Post,” compounds with, 50.

Postal cards, use of, 125.

Postal regulations, 129–141.

Pounds (£), no space between symbol and preceding figures, 60.

“Pre-,” compounds with, 47–48.

Preface, use of italic in, 62.

Prefixes, “co-,” “pre-,” and “re-,” hyphenization of, 47–48.

Prepositions, capitalization of, in titles of books and essays, 26.

“President,” capitalization of, 25; when spelled in full, 68.

“Pretty,” correct use of, 109.

“Professor,” when spelled in full, 68.

Pronouns: used with noun for emphasis, comma omitted, 8; referring to Deity, capitalization of, 21.

Pronunciation, correct, influence of, in division of words, 52–54.

Proper names: capitalization, of, 22–24; abbreviation of, 66; derivatives from, familiarly used, not capitalized, 24.

Proper nouns: formation of possessive, 36.

“Propose,” distinguished from _purpose_, 109.

_Prox._, not used, 65.

Psalms: capitalization of titles of, 21; capitalization of, 22.

“Pseudo,” compounds with, 51.

Publications: use of colon in titles of literary references, 11; use of italics for, 62.

Publishers: use of colon separating city of publication and name of, in literary references, 11.

Punctuation: origin and purpose of, 3; rules for, 3–19; of headings of letters, 115; “open” and “close,” 3–4.

Punctuation marks: list of, 2; after italics to be italic, 64.

Q, inseparable from _u_, 53.

“Quarter,” compounds with, 47.

“Quasi,” compounds with, 48.

Queries, when bracketed, 18.

Question-mark. _See_ Interrogation-point.

“Quite,” correct use of, 109.

Quotation-marks: use of, 16–17; double and single, 16–17; in poetry, 16; in ellipses, 17; repetition in paragraph beginnings, 17; in titles of poems, books, etc., 17; serial titles, 17; names of ships, 17; titles of works of art, 17; words and phrases accompanied by definitions and specially emphasized, or intended to possess unusual, technical, or ironical meanings, 17; use of colon with, 10; substitution of dash for, 14; use of comma with, 7; use of colon and dash before, 14; use of exclamation-point with, 15; capitalization of first word in, 29; following colon, 30; use of hair-space inside, 59.

Quotations: indention of, 55.

Races, capitalization of names of, 27.

“Railroad,” to be spelled out, 66.

“Raise,” never used as noun, 109.

“Rarely ever,” vulgarism for _rarely_, 109.

Rates, postal, 129–132.

“Re-,” compounds with, 47–48.

_-re_, French ending not used, 36.

Réaumur. _See_ Thermometers.

“Reference,” used with _with_ not _in_, 109.

References, capitalization of, nouns, 28; literary references, 28; use of colon in scriptural, 11; italics used in words, phrases, and abbreviations of literary and legal, 64.

“Regard.” _See_ under _Reference_.

Regiments, capitalization of names of, 29.

Regions, or parts of the world, proper capitalization of, 22–23.

Registered mail, domestic and foreign, regulations for, 138.

“Relative,” use of the word, 99.

Relative clauses, use of comma with, 6.

Religious terms, capitalization of, 20–22, 26.

Residence, use of comma before “of” in connection with, 7.

Resolutions: word “Resolved” in, italicized, 64; word “Whereas,” 26.

“Resolved,” in resolutions, word following, to be capitalized, 26; italicization of, 64.

Respect, capitalization of titles of, 25.

“Respect.” _See_ under _Reference_.

“Reverend,” always preceded by _the_, 110.

Reverse indention, 55.

“Revolutionary,” capitalization of, 22.

Roman: used in medical terms, 64; in certain words and phrases, literary and legal, 64.

Roman numerals: use of period after, 12. _See_ Numerals.

“Rubaiyat,” plural of _rubai_, 109.

Running-heads, period not used following, 12.

Salutatory phrase: of letters, business, formal and informal, 116–118; use of comma, 7. _See_ Phrase.

“Same,” not used as pronoun, 110.

“Same as,” distinguished from _just as_, 110.

Sarcasm, indicated by use of exclamation-point, 15.

“Scarcely.” _See_ under _Hardly_.

“School,” compounds with, 51.

Scientific terms, capitalization of, 23; italicizing of, 64.

Scriptural terms, abbreviations of, 90.

Scripture, punctuation of: comma, 9; colon, 11; dash, 13; spacing of, references, 60.

Seasons, capitalization of, 23.

“Seldom ever.” _See_ under _Rarely ever_.

“Self,” compounds with, 47.

“Semi,” compounds with, 48, 50.

Semicolon: defined, 8, 9; compared with comma, 9; placing of, in connection with quotation-marks, 9; rules for use of, 9; dividing compound sentences, 9; separating passages in Scripture references containing chapters, 9; use of hair-space preceding, 59.

“Sensible of,” distinguished from _sensitive to_, 110.

Sentences: first word of, capitalized, 29; first word after colon capitalized in independent, 29; connection of, in paragraph, 58.

Serial titles, to be quoted, 17.

“Set,” distinguished from _sit_, 110.

“Sewage,” correct use of, 110.

“Shall,” correct use of, 110.

“She.” _See_ under _Her_.

Shillings and pence, abbreviations, _s._ and _d._, italics, 64.

Ships: names of, quoted, 17; names of, italicized, 62; time and watch on board, 161.

“Should,” correct use of, 111.

“Show,” correct use of, 111.

“Show up,” vulgarism for _expose_, 111.

Side-heads: capitalization of, 29; italicizing of, 62.

Signatures, omission of period after, 12; italicizing of, 62; general rules for, 122.

“Since,” correct use of, 111.

_-sion_ and _-tion_, spelling of words terminating in, 39–40.

“Sister,” compounds with, 47.

“Size up,” vulgarism for _estimate_, 111.

Small capitals: how indicated in MS., 30; rules for, 30.

“So,” correct use of, 111.

Social organizations, capitalization of, 25.

Solar system, capitalization of popular names of, 23.

“Some,” correct use of, 111.

“Some one,” not a compound word, 51

“Some place,” written _somewhere_, 111.

“Sort.” _See_ under _Kind_.

“Sort of,” correct use of, 111.

Sovereigns, abbreviation of names of, 69.

Spaces, examples of, 61.

Spacing: rules for, 59–61; uniformity of, 59; hair-spaces in connection with punctuation marks, 59; of abbreviated titles, 25, 59–60; of Scripture references, 60; of A.M., P.M., etc., 59; symbols and figures, 60; at end of paragraph, 60; in regard to turn-overs, 60; kerned letters, _f_ and _j_ require hair-spaces, 60; wide spacing, 60; examples, dashes and spaces, 60–61; of abbreviations of railroads, 66.

Special delivery, mail system, 139.

Species, scientific names of: use of capitals, 23; italicizing of, 64.

Spelling: rules for, 31–34; difficulties and choice of usages, 31; of decades, ages, centuries, dynasties, 32; of numbers of military bodies, streets, sessions of Congress, 32; of numbers, 31–32; of time of day, 32–33; use of diphthongs, 33; rules of orthography, 33–36, _see_ Orthography; lists of words, — accented words, 37;

## participles, 37;

variable endings, _-ize_, 37–38; ending in _-ise_, 38; ending in _-ible_ and _-able_, 39; ending in _-sion_ and _-tion_, 39–40; pronounced alike, but varying in meaning according to spelling, 40–44.

“Splendid,” correct use of, 111.

Square measure, table of, 150.

Squares, capitalization of names of, 23.

Standard time: meaning and explanation of, 142–144; table of, 144.

Stars, names of, italicized, 64.

“Start,” distinguished from _begin_, 111.

“State,” capitalization of, 24–25.

States: spacing of abbreviations of, 60–61; list of abbreviations of, 77–81.

Statistics, treatment of numbers in, 32.

“Stop,” distinguished from _stay_, 111.

“Strata,” plural of _stratum_, 109.

Streets: capitalization of names of, 23; numbers of, spelled out, 32.

“Sub,” compounds with, 50.

Subdivisions: in literary references, not capitalized, 28.

Subheads, omission of period after, 12; italicizing of, 62.

Subject-matter: separation of, by dash, from its authority, 13.

“Sulpho,” compounds with, 51

“Super,” compounds with, 50.

“Supra,” compounds with, 48; italicized, 64.

Surveyors’ measure, table of, 151.

_s.v._, italicized, 64.

Symbols: monetary, 90–91; mathematical, 91–92; medical, 93; spacing of monetary, 60.

Tables: box-heads in, omission of period, 12.

“Take,” correct use of, 111.

“Take stock in,” slang expression, 112.

Technical: use of figures in, matter, 32; words or phrases, use of quotation-marks for, 17.

Tense, common errors of, 112.

Text of letters: business, formal, and informal, 118–120.

“That.” _See_ under _Which_.

“The,” not part of title of magazines and papers, 30.

“Them,” distinguished from _they_, 112.

“Thermo,” compounds with, 51.

Thermometers, comparative table: Réaumur, Centigrade, Fahrenheit, 148.

“They.” _See_ under _Them_.

“This,” not used as adverb, 112.

Thoroughfares: capitalization of names of, 23; numbers of, spelled out, 32.

“Through,” distinguished from _finished_, 112.

Timber and wood, measures of, 157.

Time: use of colon between hours and minutes, 11; of day, when spelled out, 32; standard, explanation of, 142–144; on board ship, 161.

Time measure, table of, 151.

_-tion_ and _-sion_. See _-sion_.

Title-pages, capitalization of certain words, 30.

Titles: capitalization of, 24–26; of poems, series, and works of art, to be quoted, 17; of parables (biblical), capitalization of, 20; of psalms, capitalization of, 20; use of colon in literary references, 10–11; capitalization of compounded, 22; use of comma separating, from names, 6; of honor, nobility, and respect, capitalization of, 25; civil and military, capitalization of, 25; foreign, capitalization of, 25–26; of books or essays, capitalization of, 26; of treaties, laws, and acts, capitalization of, 27; definite article not treated as part of, in newspapers or magazines, 30; “ex,” “vice,” “general,” “elect,” etc., use of hyphen in connecting, 47; italicizing of books, newspapers, and periodicals, 62; abbreviations of, with lists, 68–75; capitalize when used alone 68–69; of sovereigns, 69.

“To,” compounds with, 50.

“Too,” correct use of, 112.

“Treat,” followed by _of_, 112.

Treaties, capitalization of names of, 27.

“Tree,” compounds with, 49.

“Tri-,” compounds with, 50.

Tribes, capitalization of names of, 27.

Troy ounce, uses of the, 154–155.

Troy weight, table of, 150.

“Try,” followed by _to_, 112.

Two-letter syllables, avoid division of, 53.

“Ugly,” correct use of, 112.

_Ult._, not used, 65.

“Ultra,” compounds with, 48.

“Un-” (negative prefix), compounds with, 50.

“Under,” compounds with, 50.

“United States,” when abbreviated, 66.

Units of measure, not capitalized, 29–30.

Unity of paragraphs, 57.

“University,” capitalization of, 27.

Unknown quantities: algebraic, geometric, etc., italicized, 64.

v. (_versus_), set in roman, 64.

“Van,” capitalization of, 25–26.

Verbal nouns, ending in _-ing_, distinguished from participles, 106.

Verbs, not to be omitted from sentence, 112.

Versions of Bible, capitalization of, 20.

“Very,” correct use of, 112.

“Vice,” compounds with, 46.

_Vide_, italicized, 64.

“Visitor,” distinguished from _visitant_, 113.

“viz.,” set in roman, 64.

“Vocation,” distinguished from _avocation_, 113.

Vocative words, comma separating, 7; “O” as distinguished from exclamatory “oh,” 15.

Volt. _See_ Electrical measures.

“Von,” capitalization of, 25–26.

Vowels, rules for division of words based upon, 52–53.

“Want,” correct use of, 113.

Watch on board ship, the, 161.

Watt. _See_ Electrical measures.

“Way,” not to be used for _away_, 113.

Week, days of: capitalization of, 23; abbreviation of, 65–66.

Weights: metric system, table 149; apothecaries’, 150; avoirdupois, 150; British, 153; the Troy ounce, 155; Indian, 159; foreign, 160; and measures, tables and rules for, 149–160.

“What,” distinguished from _that_, 113.

“Whereas,” in resolutions, use of capital, 26.

“Which,” correct use of, 113.

“Who,” correct use of, 113.

“Will.” _See_ under _Shall_.

“Woman,” compounds with, 49; correct use of, _See_ _Gentleman_.

“Womanly,” distinguished from _womanish_, 113.

Words: accompanied by definition, to be quoted, 17; of unusual, technical, or ironical meanings, to be quoted, 17; specially desired to attract attention, to be quoted, 17; contraction of, omission indicated by apostrophe, 19; derived from proper names, capitalization of, 24; with special meaning, capitalization of, 29; accented, 37; pronounced alike, but varying in meaning, according to spelling, list of 40–44; foreign, italicizing of, 62–63.

“World,” compounds with, 47.

“Would.” _See_ under _Should_.

Wrapping, of mail matter, 132.

X, do not divide on, 53.

Yard measures, table of, 158.

Years, numbers preceding, spelled out, 32.

Zoölogical terms: capitalization of, 23; italicizing of, 64.

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Transcriber’s note:

Original spelling and grammar have been generally retained, with some exceptions noted below.

Footnotes have been relabeled 1–32.

Large curly brackets } used as graphic devices to combine information over two or more lines of text have been eliminated, restructuring as necessary to retain the original meaning.

There are many uncommon unicode characters in this book; specialized fonts may be necessary to view them all in the simple text edition. Images of many of them are substituted in the html and epub & mobi editions. Examples―

On page 91, the mathematical sign for “The difference between” is shown in the original book as a glyph like a tilde, reproduced in the html/epub/mobi editions as an image from the printed book. The text edition of this transcription uses ‘≏’ (U+224F DIFFERENCE BETWEEN).

On page 92, the glyph for “Factorial sign” is shown in the original book as a right angle, roughly L shaped, with a “5” nestled into the angle (the printed example means specifically “factorial of 5”). This form is evidently obsolete, and the transcriber failed to find a Unicode method of representation. So in the text edition the code “[∟5]” is substituted, while in the html/epub/mobi editions, an image is used.

In the phrase on page 95 "one of those figures, CIↃ, CD, ∞, ⅿ", the original book showed an uncial m where this simple text transcription edition has [U+217F SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ONE THOUSAND]. This glyph recurs on page 98. As usual, an image is substituted in the html/epub/mobi editions.

Page 60. The second paragraph was printed so as to look approximately like the following: “[ . . . ] _II Sam. 1 : 2–6; 2 : 8–12._”, namely, with equal space on either side of the colon in the first instance and unequal spaces in the second instance. This transcription makes it equal spaces, U+200A (hair space).

Pages 65–92. The chapter titled ABBREVIATIONS contains several sections: in order, “DATES”, “PROPER NAMES”, “TITLES”, “6. COMMERCIAL ABBREVIATIONS”, “7. GEOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS”, &c. These are given html heading level code “<h3>” in this transcription. Unfortunately, there were no numbered headings corresponding to numbers 1–5 in the original book, so these are missing from this transcription as well. (There were and remain paragraphs numbered 1–5, with no headings, but those all belong to the section “TITLES”)

Page 149. In the original table “Weights and Measures”, the first and fifth columns are not directly related to the other three, and arguably do not belong in the table. Therefore, these columns have been stripped out of the table and recast as a nested list ahead of the table.

Page 152. The phrase “1 lite” was changed to “1 liter”.

Page 168, Index entry “Compounds, with:”; a pointer to page 50 was added for subentry ‘ “in” ’.