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Title: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4
"Coquelin" to "Costume"
Author: Various
Release Date: April 29, 2010 [EBook #32182]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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Transcriber's notes:
(1) Numbers following letters (without space) like C2 were originally
printed in subscript. When letters are subscripted, they are
preceded by an underscore, like C_n.
(2) Characters following a carat (^) were originally printed in
superscript.
(3) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective
paragraphs.
(4) Letters topped by Macron are represented as [=x].
(5) Letters topped by Breve are represented as [)x].
(6) The following typographical errors have been corrected:
Article CORDUROY: "From the ribbed appearance of the cloth the name
corduroy is applied, particularly in America, to a rough road of
logs laid transversely side by side, usually across swampy ground."
'America' from 'Amercia'.
Article CORNEILLE, PIERRE: "the only contemporary whose genius
entitled him to criticise Corneille." 'entitled' amended from
'entiled'.
Article CORNET: "while in France the instruments with detachable
mouthpiece were distinguished by the addition of a bouquin."
'addition' amended from 'adition'.
Article CORNET: "but from the explanation now given, it will be
readily understood." Omitted the word 'but' after 'explanation'.
Article CORN LAWS: "and the permission accorded by the statute of
1773 to import foreign corn at any price, to be reexported duty
free, was modified by a warehouse duty of 2s. 6d. in addition to
the duties on import payable at the time of sale." 'statute'
amended from 'statue'.
Article CORONATION: "In connexion with the English coronation a
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