Transcriber’s Notes
Reading edition
The language used in the source document, including unusual, archaic, inconsistent and erroneous spelling, hyphenation and capitalisation, has been retained, except as mentioned below. The same applies to grammatical errors, missing words and punctuation, confusing or contradictory texts, the inappropriate use of units, etc.
For no apparent reason the titles for chapters XXXVII-XL and XLII are given in Small Capitals as distinct from the other chapter titles.
Neither spacing inconsistencies (for example between numbers and their units) nor textual inconsistencies (for example in prices or in the use of principal vs. principle) have been standardised.
Page xxii, ... safe and sure insect ostracizer: the caption under the illustration is ... safe and sane insect ostracizer.
Page 6, cost calculation: as printed in the source document, despite obvious errors and inconsistencies. Paragraph starting “It is necessary when ordering a range ...: the closing quote mark is lacking.
Pages 100 and 104, see Plan 1: this was not present in the source document.
Page 131, ... mixture of 21 parts nitrogen, 79 parts of oxygen ...: the proportions should be reversed, and should be read as parts per 100 for nitrogen and oxygen, not per 10,000.
Page 221, flavoring cream with or without condensed milk.: there may be a comma missing between flavoring and cream.
Page 221, ... (granites frozen by oscillation and frappés ...: the closing bracket is lacking from the source document.
Page 262, paragraph starting You are particularly interested ...: one or more words may be missing.
Changes made:
Illustrations have been moved out of text paragraphs. For the sake of clarity and legibility some texts have been transcribed from illustrations; these are surrounded by a dashed box.
The (single) footnote has been moved to directly underneath the paragraph to which it refers.
Some obvious minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected silently.
Several tables have been split or re-arranged slightly for better readability; in some tables ditto marks have been replaced with the dittoed text.
Page 8: ... a filament or tungsten ... changed to ... a filament of tungsten ....
Page 35: ... release on ringer ... changed to ... release on wringer ....
Page 36: ... six drying rods 66′ long ... changed to ... six drying rods 66″ long ....
Page 37: ... new avid air ... changed to ... new arid air ....
Page 57: closing quote mark inserted after ... running and installation costs?
Page 65: ... upon which to place the utensil ... changed to ... upon which to place the utensils ....
Page 68-69: ... a figure out of the unit ... changed to ... a figure but of the unit ....
Page 74: ... oven arrangement and unit system is so arranged ... changed to ... oven arrangement and unit system are so arranged ....
Illustration after page 74: Courtesy of Brainhall Leane Co. changed to Courtesy of Bramhall Deane Co.
Page 141, table: Branch wastes for slop sinks changed to Branch waste for slop sinks.
Page 245: ... is varnish and finish steamproof ... changed to ... is varnished and finished steamproof ....
Page 260: comma inserted after ... for they hold enough water
Page 335: Heading Principles changed to Principles.
Page 359: Temperature effect densities ... changed to Temperature affects densities ....