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Title: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7
"Columbus" to "Condottiere"

Author: Various

Release Date: April 11, 2010 [EBook #31950]

Language: English

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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) [oo] stands for infinity; [int] for integral; [alpha], [beta], etc.
for greek letters.

(6) The following typographical errors have been corrected:

Article COMBERMERE, STAPLETON COTTON: "In 1834 he was sworn a privy
councillor, and in 1852 he succeeded Wellington as constable of the
Tower and lord lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets." 'Wellington'
amended from 'Wellingtion'.

Article COMMERCE: "But in the ancient records we see commerce
exposed to great risks, subject to constant pillage, hunted down in
peace and utterly extinguished in war." 'pillage' amended from
'pilage'.

Article COMPANY: "But they also contemplate the ultimate
controlling power as residing in the shareholders." 'contemplate'
amended from 'comtemplate'.

Article COMPASS: "and if the magnetic variation and the disturbing
effects of the ship's iron are known, the desired angle between the
ship's course and the geographical meridian can be computed."
'ship's' amended from 'ships's'.

Article COMTE, AUGUSTE: "Comte began to fret under Saint-Simon's
pretensions to be his director. Saint-Simon, on the other hand,
perhaps began