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[Detailed Transcriber's Notes
The text has been made to match the original text as much as possible including variation in spelling, punctuation, italics etc. The following, details apparent printer's errors as well as changes or additions to aid readability of text.
Page 1, missing full stop after abbreviation gr. '0 gr 54 min.'.
Page 3, sidenote, missing space between words 'the Authority ofan Author.'.
Page 3, printer's error, augmentarion for augmentation 'and augmentarion of Masse'.
Page 4, missing letter t 'tha{t} that proceeded not'.
Page 4, printer's error or inconsistent punctuation, 'my paynes and time. and although'.
Page 6, inconsistent punctuation, full stop after axiome where as there are none after those following 'AXIOME. I.'.
Page 9, missing full stop added to end of paragraph 'or else an upright Prisme.'.
Page 11, printer's error, missing letter C in illustration, 'the Prisme A C D B to be placed'.
Page 15, printer's error or archaic lettering, final y looking like a 7 in original text'and of the Specifick Gravit{y}'.
Page 16, printer's error, letter N for T in text to refer to illustration, 'if the Vessell E N S F'.
Page 16, printer's error, duplicate word in text 'equalizeth the Force and and Moment,'.
Page 17, printer's error, rhe for the 'as in rhe Stilliard,'.
Page 17, missing space between words 'asoften as that'.
Page 18, sidenote, printer's error, specifiaclly for specifically 'A Solid specifiaclly graver'.
Page 20, potential printer's error, properly for property, 'but this properly they have'.
Page 20, printer's error, n for u 'loseth all a{u}thenticalness'.
Page 22, printer's error or variation in spelling, Benonamico for Buonamico 'it seemes that Benonamico'.
Page 23, printer's error, missing i 'accordng to its excess'.
Page 24, missing line at the end of page in original text 'its Region it loseth all'.
Page 26, missing letter n 'u{n}able by its small weight'.
Page 29, missing letter e 'that I have gon{e} about'.
Page 32, unclear symbol in original text 'other Figure, {&}c.'.
Page 37, potential printer's error, comma in unusual position 'whatever Figure, goeth always'.
Page 38, missing space between words 'Superficies might bedry:'.
Page 39, missing letter t, unied for united 'which holds them unied'.
Page 41, printer's error, Motitions for Motions 'all Motitions are made'.
Page 42, sidenote, possible missing letter e, 'Se{e} what satisfaction'.
Page 43, printer's error, Subdidivisions for Subdivisions, 'other Subdidivisions,'.
Page 49, missing letter i, dminishing for diminishing 'or dminishing it by dividing'.
Page 50, sidenote, printer's error, missing letter l, hep for help 'float by hep of'.
Page 53, printer's error, missing letter n, beig for being 'beig double in Gravity'.
Page 54, printer's error, missing letter l, 'sha{l}l also descend.'.
Page 55, printer's error, missing letter r, 'to fo{r}m Solid Bodies'.
Page 56, printer's error, missing letter A, 'Cone S {A} T'.
Page 57, printer's error, missing letter t, 'of which i{t} may descend'.
Page 58, sidenote, printer's error, inverted n, 'Natatio{n} easiest effected'.
Page 59, missing letter u, 'witho{u}t all Question,'.
Page 59, printer's error, inverted n, 'with an other Experime{n}t'.
Page 59, potential printer's error, sidenote ends with comma, 'Or rather Contiguity,'.
Page 61, missing letter a, 'that in this c{a}se the water,'.
Page 74, printer's error, ir for it, 'but if we do saw ir,'.
Page 75, unclear symbol in original text '{&}c. making seven Segments'. ]
End of Project Gutenberg's Discourse on Floating Bodies, by Galileo Galilei
