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Title: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3
"Convention" to "Copyright"

Author: Various

Release Date: April 22, 2010 [EBook #32097]

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) The following typographical errors have been corrected:

Article CONVEYANCING: "By this ingenious device was the publicity
of feoffment or enrolment avoided, and the lease and release, as
the process was called, remained the usual mode of conveying a
freehold, in possession down to the 19th century." 'possession'
amended from 'posession'.

Article COPPER: "Vessels of several designs are used--some modelled
exactly after steel converters, others barrel-shaped, but all with
side tuyeres elevated about 10 in. above the level of the bottom
lining." 'others' amended from 'other'.

Article COPYRIGHT: "The obsolete copyright of the crown in Lilly's
Latin Grammar was founded on the fact of its having been drawn up
at the king's expense. The universities have a joint right (with
the crown's patentees) of printing acts of parliament."
'parliament' amended from 'parliment'.

Article COPYRIGHT: "No one, it has been said, has a right to take,
whether with or without acknowledgment, a material and substantial
portion of another's work, his arguments, his illustrations, his
authorities, for the purpose of makin