Moesschenbroek 1729

Musschenbroek, Petrus van (1729), Physicae experimentales, et geometricae de magnete, tuborum capillarium ​ECHO

Part of WO4. Sent with DESpecs version 1.1.2.

Sent: ok/date. Returned: ok, ​raw text.

1. First Analysis

Difficulties

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Special Instructions

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2. Questions From Formax

Q1: Please see the formula in red circle on attached image 0624.JPG (754,453 bytes). Could you please give us some suggestion that how to mark up it?

A: Please type: F G = <sqrt>2 _rx_ - _xx_</sqrt> X <sqrt>2 _rx_ - _xx_</sqrt>

Please note: Always use "=" for the character after F G.

Q2: Please see the second line on the image file 0611.jpg. There are lines above the information "DE<^>3</^>" and "AC<^>3</^>". Please advise us how to express the lines.

A: Please type: <ol>DE</ol><^>3</^> ad <ol>AC</ol><^>3</^>, ita Cohærentia ...

(Q1 and Q2 originally answered in the e-mail from 2008-12-14, 3:49.)

3. Analysis of the Result

Findings

The character recognition is high as usual. However, the few Greek words in the text have been replaced by a series of "?". See ​here. (transcribed as <p>Vocatur hic â Meridiano rece$$us, _Declinatio, Variatio, De-_ _viatio_, ????????????.</p>)

The subscript tag <_> was used consistently for superscript.

In one case, a root was tagged with the non-existent <sp>-tag (​p 478):

plano borizontali _E C D_. erit Cobærentia ba$eos ad eam $egmenti in
ratione ba$eos _A O B_ ad eandem {_A O B X E F X <sqrt>E F</sqrt>/A F X <sp>A F</sp>_}.</P>
<P>Vocentur A O = _a_. O B = _b_. F A = _d_. E F = _x_.</p>

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4. Post-Processing