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The index was not checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references.
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.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
| Pg 34: | “e” replaced by “ex” in “lapis philosophorum e suis elementis” |
| 34: | “Labarius” replaced by “Libarius” |
| 38: | “wundersbaren” replaced by “wunderbaren” |
| Pg 39 fn 7: | “Durft” replaced by “Durst” |
| 50: | “govenment” replaced by “government” |
| 118: | “chaptar” replaced by “chapter” |
| 144: | “cheifly” replaced by “chiefly” |
| 169: | “coroborate” replaced by “corroborate” |
| 182: | “accomodations” replaced by “accommodations” |
| 187: | “dissemminated” replaced by “disseminated” |
| 231: | “Witherspoo” replaced by “Witherspoon” |
| 239: | “Gotlied” replaced by “Gotlieb” |
| 244: | “Dephos” replaced by “Delphos” |
| 250: | 1879 value for “Voigt & Platz” missing tens digit (“8 6”) value 806 inferred |
| 252: | removed duplicate “St.” for “Guckes, Riehl & Co.” |
| 254: | “Forth” replaced by “Fourth” |
| 254: | “Sf.” replaced by “St.” |
| 258: | “Hagemaun” replaced by “Hagemann” |