A manual of scientific enquiry : prepared for the use of officers in Her Majesty's Navy ; and travellers in general / originally edited by Sir John F.W. Herschel.

Date:
1859
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Credit: A manual of scientific enquiry : prepared for the use of officers in Her Majesty's Navy ; and travellers in general / originally edited by Sir John F.W. Herschel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    table is calculated to lead to much, more confusion and misrepresentation on the part of those who use it, than would be the case if they were allowed to represent the sounds of the language of races of low civilization by the known sounds of their own tongue. M. d'Avezae also appends the following note: Cette partie, tres difficile, me parait laisser beaucoup a desirer. Under these cir- cumstances it appeared to me that it was proper to bow to the decision of such eminent authorities, and to omit the table. The only merit claimed in the superintendence of this edition consists in the arrangements made for securing a satisfactory revision of all the articles, either by their ori- ginal authors or by the proper representatives of the respec- tive sciences, which required a good deal of correspondence involving an expenditure of time and labour, and in the attention which has been paid to a tolerably accurate classi- fication, as well as to the correct printing of the work; but it is hoped that, through the unsparing labour and zealous co-operation of the authors of the articles and their representatives, the book is rendered a very valuable con- tribution to science, and that it will be a most important help to all persons who may be, either from opportunity or inclination, capable and desirous of collecting additional facts on the subjects treated of. Robert Main. Boyal Ohservatory, Greenwich, May 9, 1859.