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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors have been repaired. Varied hyphenation was retained. The errors noted in the book's errata section have been repaired in the text except for the final one for page 285 where the transcriber could not find a "e" to change to a "d" at that location.
Text uses both fuse and fuze. "Fuze" is usually used in the English language to mean more complicated fuses.
Inconsistencies in italic usage was retained. For example, on page 98, "R" is referenced originally without italics in an equation and after on the same page is italicized when mentioned.
Page 17, "principle" changed to "principal" (principal ones being)
Page 77, "16'" changed to "16"" (about 16" long, 9" deep)
Page 114, "Northerners'" changed to "Northerners'" (most of the Northerners' vessels)
Page 132, "torpedos" changed to "torpedoes" (Whitehead's fish torpedoes have)
Page 134, "14" changed to "140" (140 atmospheres)
Page 162, equal sign added to equation ((314 × 200) / 196 = 320 lbs)
Page 168, "THORNICROFT'S" changed "THORNYCROFT'S" on Plate XLVII.
Page 170, "THORNICROFT'S" changed "THORNYCROFT'S" on Plate XLVIII.
Page 199, "Poustchin" changed to "Poutschin" (Alongside Poutschin remained for some)
Page 208, "spaces" changed to "space" (intervening space of)
Page 212, subscript for O in chemical formula was unreadable. "5" was presumed and added. (the formula _CH_{7}(NO_{2})_{3}O_{5}_)
Page 240, "Seimens" changed to "Siemens" (due to both Dr. Siemens)
Page 241, "Seimens" changed to "Siemens" (that the Siemens machine)
Page 271, this paragraph seems to be missing a word but was retained as printed as the word could not be presumed by research.
"Oxygen" is the most important element of an electrolyte, and to the _affinity for oxygen of the metals_ is the magnitude of the result and effect.
Page 298, "Calland" changed to "Callaud" (Calland and Marié-Davy)
Page 302, "dislectric" changed to "dielectric" (Gutta-percha as a dielectric)
Page 11, advertising page, "Portsmouth." added to publisher line at bottom of page. Original ended with (_Griffin & Co Publishers, 2, The Hard,_)
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