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ALTHOUGH the fact is not stated, this is a translation, and a singularly literal one, of the French original. It is to be regretted that obvious printer's errors or slips of the pen were not corrected; for example, “1892” for “1882” on p. 14, “south” for “north” on p. 280, and the somewhat serious misstatement of Andrée's last message on p. 10, which is the least excusable as a facsimile with correct translation attached is given on p. 306. On p. 168 the translator computes 5000 cubic metres at 17,658 cubic feet instead of 176,580. A somewhat infelicitous if not unintelligible paraphrase of marking a pigeon's feathers with an india-rubber stamp, is fixing on labels by the aid of india-rubber wafers (p. 233). It must be stated, on the other hand, that the English edition is much better printed than the French, especially as regards the extremely interesting plates, and that it contains an effective coloured frontispiece showing the departure of the balloon.
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MILL, H. Andrée's Balloon Expedition1. Nature 57, 609–610 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/057609a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/057609a0