Transcriber’s Note:
The text from the original publication from which this eBook was derived has been retained as published specifically where:
• the text appears to be missing a number of articles and prepositions
• in several instances, subject and verb are not in agreement
• some apostrophes for ownership are missing
• inconsistencies appear between chapter headings and the body text
• there are anomalies in punctuation
Fractions on pages 63 and 143 have also been retained as printed in the original publication, i.e. 62 1-2, 1-12, 18-12 and 1 1-2.
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