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Corrections

German names and umlauts

The scanner rendered ö, ü and ä as &, é, S, 8 or d, often differently on different pages for the same name. These were the largest single class of error, and the most consequential: the book is largely about German officers and their ships.

As scanned	As typed	Times	Pages
Br&cker	Bröcker The page	1	225–226
B&édecker	Bödecker	1	105–106
Bédecker	Bödecker The page	3	105–106
Bddecker	Bödecker	1	105–106
Deuxiéme	Deuxième	1	127
Disseldorf	Düsseldorf	1	54–55
DUusseldorf	Düsseldorf	1	64–65
Dlisseldorf	Düsseldorf	1	97
Fuhlsblttel	Fuhlsbüttel	1	126–127
Fthhrer	Führer The page	1	76–78
G8bel	Göbel	1	101–102
Gébel	Göbel	1	101–102
G&bel	Göbel	2	183, 252
Gdbel	Göbel	1	252
GdSppingen	Göppingen The page	1	27
G&ring	Göring The page	5	34, 131–132, 134–135, 137–138, 204
G&Sring	Göring	3	131–132, 133, 134–135
Géring	Göring	2	131–132, 134–135
G&dring	Göring	1	131–132
Gdéring	Göring	1	133
GSring	Göring	3	134–135, 222–223, 249–250
Hlilsen	Hülsen	1	65–66
Jterbog	Jüterbog	1	113–114
Jiiterbog	Jüterbog	1	114
Jiterbog	Jüterbog	1	135–136
J&terbog	Jüterbog	2	145, 225
Jitterbog	Jüterbog	1	147
J&terhbog	Jüterbog	1	225–226
JUterbog	Jüterbog	1	226
Kapitanleutnant	Kapitänleutnant	1	97
Kohlschttter	Kohlschütter	1	81–82
Kohlschiitter	Kohlschütter	1	81–82
Kdlle	Kölle	1	125–126
K&lle	Kölle	2	125–126, 127
Kélle	Kölle	8	125–126, 126, 127, 129–130, 130
K&élle	Kölle	2	125–126, 127
K&Slle	Kölle	1	125–126
KSlle	Kölle	3	129–130, 158
Kdélle	Kölle	1	130
Kénigsberg	Königsberg	2	4–5, 70–71
K&nigsberg	Königsberg	1	4–5
kKénigsberg	Königsberg	1	4–5
Maller	Müller	1	230–231
Mtlrwick	Mürwick	1	99–100
Schlitte	Schütte	4	28, 28–29, 62
Schltte	Schütte	1	28–29
Schiitte	Schütte	2	28–29
Sp&hkorb	Spähkorb The page	1	60–61

Letter confusions and single words

The classic failures of machine reading on a worn typewriter ribbon — n for h, l for 1, i for l, v for y, c for e, rn for m, q for g — plus a few digits read into the middle of words.

Passages

Longer spans where the page was faint enough that several words ran together into nonsense. In each case the reading was taken from the image rather than repaired word by word.

Page	As scanned	As typed
6	Loof was drive past	Looff was driven past
8	He report2d the arrival	He reported the arrival
8	April 30, 1863. 'Zeppelin evidently	April 30, 1863. Zeppelin evidently
8–9	President's desk. -He rounded out	President's desk. He rounded out
8–9	moccasin clad feed of Reed	moccasin clad feet of Reed
11–12	mentioned it.in his journal	mentioned it in his journal
14	than mitivexre necessity	than military necessity The page
14–15	eems to have condaregated a Ovposite our extreme left Les larger force	Opposite our extreme left Lee seems to have congregated a larger force
16	indeed the seuxed iE his aeronautical	indeed the source of his aeronautical
17–18	the trinv "not altogether pleasant"	the trip "not altogether pleasant"
18–19	he s2id, ne had taken	he said, he had taken
18–19	At Edward's Perry in Marvland	At Edward's Ferry in Maryland
19–20	1863 on the stean	1863 on the steam
19–20	"Who is Wno"	"Who is Who"
24	7here is a third variant	There is a third variant
25–26	Wothing was Known about	Nothing was known about
27	"DZ 5"	"LZ 5"
35–36	plot against.the infant	plot against the infant
39	at & 72,000,000	at £72,000,000
40–41	Duala sufferedd the same fate	Duala suffered the same fate
41	officiais of the Colonial Office	officials of the Colonial Office
48–49	"T, 30"	"L 30"
49–50	payload of 22,000 yim ton: Vises ee te te ee - me Pacis ay OF %eG TAR Aer a pounds would tevyoirs & SALE os 1,765,586 displacanent	payload of 22,000 pounds would require a ship of 1,765,500 displacement The page
52	heavier-than- air machines	heavier-than-air machines
70	"Lz 120"	"LZ 120"
73	the 3lst	the 31st
75–76	40.6 m.p-h.,	40.6 m.p.h.,
79–81	September llth	September 11th
88–90	"Tt, 57"	"L 57"
91	"T, 57"	"L 57"
98–99	one of aman feeling	one of a man feeling
101–102	- aman like the Dr. Faust	- a man like the Dr. Faust
105–106	"TI, 23"	"L 23"
113–114	"LL 57"	"L 57"
120–121	the way -Bockholt had handled it	the way Bockholt had handled it
123	"rT, 59"	"L 59"
124	Waldemar Kdlle. "Kélle.	Waldemar Kölle. "Kölle.
124–125	in the freezing pErErnTER	in the freezing temperatures The page
134–135	K&nigin Augustastrasse	Königin Augustastrasse The page
139–140	startled Berlina little	startled Berlin a little
141	Army Warrant - Officer Emil Grussendorf	Army Warrant Officer Emil Grussendorf
144	a spare sletiakéel BeleGtiin and	a spare elevator helmsman and The page
147–148	the llth	the 11th
148	"T, 13"	"L 13"
148–149	"Tl, 59"	"L 59"
158–159	A spy does more ee information	A spy does more than steal information The page
159–160	2lst Nassau	21st Nassau
160–161	Bail was set at & 200	Bail was set at £200
166	one of the secret code books,	one of the secret code books. The page
168–169	Der Feind h&rt mit!	Der Feind hört mit!
170	"Bavesdropper Ewing"	"Eavesdropper Ewing"
177–178	"TL 57"	"L 57"
181	"T, 59"	"L 59"
181	streets leading fron	streets leading from
181–182	left behind to.be mopped uo later	left behind to be mopped up later
181–182	"IL 59"	"L 59"
183	the report on the trinv	the report on the trip
183	Afrika zu unseren Flissen	Afrika zu unseren Füssen
185–186	the Bulqarian army	the Bulgarian army
186	"Tt, 59"	"L 59"
187	who had heen waiting	who had been waiting
188	control car and.the rear engine car	control car and the rear engine car
191	at a low aaeienae	at a low altitude The page
191	had heen omitted	had been omitted
193–194	zeppelin crewS was	zeppelin crews was
194	"IT 59"	"L 59"
194	"Tr, 59"	"L 59"
199	"I, 59"	"L 59"
200–201	a steady 44 m.po.h., nour after patient hour. Tt	a steady 44 m.p.h., hour after patient hour. It
204	G&8ring called the Naval Command	Göring called the Naval Command
204	evening of the 20to,	evening of the 20th,
215	seemed seriously a11.	seemed seriously ill.
222–223	the Emperor on the 29th., the	the Emperor on the 29th, the
224	December lst	December 1st
225	December llth	December 11th
225–226	had beécn awarded	had been awarded
228–229	until Te ot Weca'y 1 he reached his home station	until he reached his home station
228–229	boo oMancoalgdorf did not learn	already left. Mangelsdorf did not learn The page
228–229	the 2lst	the 21st
230	before he deéng any thing further	before he did anything further The page
230–231	the engine corey and Heinrichs Poldt	the engine crew and Heinrich Boldt
230–231	"ry, 59"	"L 59"
232–233	1916, giving fit of whak ba had lesrned while Living in this	1916, giving it the benefit of what he had learned while living in this The page
234	the people of Naoles nam euarLéudily to	the people of Naples ran curiously to The page
234–235	Tne vietits Of Uarles were given &@ great sublice funeral	The victims of Naples were given a great public funeral
234–235	leaving 29 aaa. and fifty injured	leaving 29 dead and fifty injured The page
239–240	"rl, 59"	"L 59"
242	"EL 59"	"L 59"
248	abandon the small secions of	abandon the small sections of
257–258	"I 59"	"L 59"
265	"ZL 14"	"L 14"
265–266	"R 10i"	"R 101"

Pages retyped by hand

Pages 150 to 156 are carbon copies, faint enough that the machine dropped whole lines. Targeted correction was no longer safe, so these were read off the images and typed out in full.

The one word that was chosen rather than read

On scan page 230 the typed word doing is struck through by hand in “…before he doing anything further”, with a correction pencilled above it too faint to read. “did” was set, as the only reading the sentence admits. This is the single place in the book where a word was supplied.