the problem with the e-books from the internet archive -- 11 of 32
for 32 days, i am showing samples of the problems with the text in e-books from the internet archive... *** today's example is from our friend from baltimore, edgar allen poe, in volume 9 of his collected works. here's the scan for page 115:
http://www.archive.org/stream/worksofedgaralle09poee#page/115
here's the o.c.r. for the whole book:
http://ia341307.us.archive.org/2/items/worksofedgaralle09poee/worksofedgaral... and here's the o.c.r. for page 115:
EUREKA 115
wme the eight Asteroids (Ceres, Juno, Vesta PaUas, Astrma, Flora, Iris, and Hebe) at an average distance of about 250 millioiS Then we
90Tinfn^' f^^^^ ^^'^ '»""°°«' '^^^ Sat«r^! flnal^ N«^. ' then Uranus, 19 hundred millions finally Neptune, lately discovered, and revolving at a distance, say of 28 hundred millions. Leav ing Neptune out of the aecount-^f which a^ vlt we know little accurately and whichl poSy one of a system of Asteroids-it will be seenthat with,n certain limits, there exists el older of interval among the planets. Speaking loosely
w ll *^' ^u⠢ ^' '" ^^^ ^«^t i°'^er one. May ofBol"'t''}T '^'=°«°ned-mot, not the law or Bode⠬ be deduced from consideration of the analogy suggested by me as having place between the solar discharge of rings and the mode of the atomxc irradiation? '
r‚ ¨~I^^ ""Mt^rs hurriedly mentioned in this sum- maij of distance, it is folly to attempt compre-
^o^}?.^l "" '^i,"* *^' "='‚ ¨¢* "* abstract arithmet- oni tL ^^^ ^'‚ ^ "¬∞* practically tangible ^^A 17,.?''¬∞''^^ "" P^'^^'^e ideas. I have stated that Neptune, the planet farthest from the Sun, revolves about him at a distance of 28 hundred millions of miles. So far good:-I ‚ ¨~Zt f ^1^ mathematical fact; aad, without comprehending ,t in the least, we may put it to
^V^ »T'"^*'''^"y- ^'it ⠢ mentioning, even, that the Moon revolves about the Earth at the comparatively trifling distance of 237,000 miles I entertained no expectation of giving any one
as you can see, this is another one of those hopeless pages... the scan is badly skewed, but you'd think that abbyy would be able to correct for that. but i guess you'd be wrong about that. anyway, hardly worth discussing this page. just go do it again... -bowerbird
For comparison, here's my undeskewed cut-and-paste abbyy read of the self-same page. Perhaps their lens was dirty ... EUREKA 115 come the eight Asteroids (Ceres, Juno, Vesta, Pallas, Astræa, Flora, Iris, and Hebe) at an average distance of about 250 millions. Then we have Jupiter, distant 490 millions; then Saturn, 900 millions; then Uranus, 19 hundred millions; finally Neptune, lately discovered, and revolving at a distance, say of 28 hundred millions. Leav- ing Neptune out of the account—of which as yet we know little accurately and which is, possibly, one of a system of Asteroids—it will be seen that, within certain limits, there exists an order of interval among the planets. Speaking loosely, we may say that each outer planet is twice as far from the Sun as is the next inner one. May not the order here mentioned—may not the law of Bode—he deduced from consideration of the analogy suggested by me as having place between the solar discharge of rings and the mode of the atomic irradiation? The numbers hurriedly mentioned in this sum- mary of distance, it is folly to attempt compre- hending, unless in the light of abstract arithmet- ical facts. They are not practically tangible ones. They convey no precise ideas. I have stated that Neptune, the planet farthest from the Sun, revolves about him at a distance of 2S hundred millions of miles. So far good:—I have stated a mathematical fact; and, without comprehending it in the least, we may put it to use—mathematically. But in mentioning, even, that the Moon revolves about the Earth at the comparatively trifling distance of 237,000 miles, I entertained no expectation of giving any one
It's not the lens, it is inside Abbyy. I OCR'd the same page twice using FR 8.0. It will produce either this:
interval among the planets. Speaking loosely, we may say that each outer planet is twice as far from the Sun as is the next inner one. May not the order here mentioned—may not the law of Bode—be deduced from consideration of the analogy suggested by me as having place between
or this:
interval among the planets. Speaking loosely
7»r7rJ \f ^ ^ 0Uter Planet i« twice as far from the Sun as is the next inner one. May
T*nl°rier}T ^fi^ed-maj, not the law or node—be deduced from consideration of the
thfy SU/gefted bVme as having place between
The difference depends on whether FR rotates the image by 2 degrees before the recognition starts. ----- Original Message ----- From: don kretz To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 5:37 PM Subject: [gutvol-d] Re: the problem with the e-books from the internetarchive -- 11 of 32 For comparison, here's my undeskewed cut-and-paste abbyy read of the self-same page. Perhaps their lens was dirty ... EUREKA 115 come the eight Asteroids (Ceres, Juno, Vesta, Pallas, Astræa, Flora, Iris, and Hebe) at an average distance of about 250 millions. Then we have Jupiter, distant 490 millions; then Saturn, 900 millions; then Uranus, 19 hundred millions; finally Neptune, lately discovered, and revolving at a distance, say of 28 hundred millions. Leav- ing Neptune out of the account—of which as yet we know little accurately and which is, possibly, one of a system of Asteroids—it will be seen that, within certain limits, there exists an order of interval among the planets. Speaking loosely, we may say that each outer planet is twice as far from the Sun as is the next inner one. May not the order here mentioned—may not the law of Bode—he deduced from consideration of the analogy suggested by me as having place between the solar discharge of rings and the mode of the atomic irradiation? The numbers hurriedly mentioned in this sum- mary of distance, it is folly to attempt compre- hending, unless in the light of abstract arithmet- ical facts. They are not practically tangible ones. They convey no precise ideas. I have stated that Neptune, the planet farthest from the Sun, revolves about him at a distance of 2S hundred millions of miles. So far good:—I have stated a mathematical fact; and, without comprehending it in the least, we may put it to use—mathematically. But in mentioning, even, that the Moon revolves about the Earth at the comparatively trifling distance of 237,000 miles, I entertained no expectation of giving any one ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ gutvol-d mailing list gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d
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