EDITORIAL SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS
[roman] |
Word or phrase supplied or corrected. |
[roman?] |
Conjectural reading of the original. |
[italics] |
Editor's remarks within a document. |
[Ed: italics] |
Editor's remarks that might be confused with EC, ML, NB, WC, or X.
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[EC: italics] |
Elliott Coues's emendations of interlineations. |
[ML: italics] |
Meriwether Lewis's emendations or interlineations. |
[NB: italics] |
Nicholas Biddle's emendations or interlineations. |
[WC: italics] |
William Clark's emendations or interlineations. |
[X: italics] |
Emendations or interlineations of the unknown or an unidentified person. |
〈roman〉 |
Word or phrase deleted by the writer and restored by the editor. |
SPECIAL SYMBOLS OF LEWIS AND CLARK
α |
Alpha |
∠ |
Angle |
☽ |
Moon symbol |
☞ |
Pointing hand |
★ |
Star |
☉ |
Sun symbol |
♍ |
Virgo |
COMMON ABBREVIATIONS OF LEWIS AND CLARK
Altd., alds. |
altitude, altitudes |
Apt. T. |
apparent time |
d. |
degree |
do. |
ditto |
h. |
hour |
id., isd. |
island |
L. L. |
lower limb |
L., Larb., Lard., Lbd., or Ld.S. |
larboard (or left) side |
Lad., Latd. |
latitude |
Longtd. |
longitude |
m., mts. |
minute, minutes |
M. T. |
mean time |
mes., mls., ms. |
miles |
obstn. |
observation |
opsd. |
opposite |
pd., psd. |
passed |
pt. |
point |
qde., quadt., qudt. |
quadrant |
qtr., qutr. |
quarter |
s. |
second |
S., St., Star., Starbd., Stb, or Stbd. S. |
starboard (or right) side |
sext., sextn., sextt. |
sextant |
U. L. |
upper limb |
Note: abbreviations in weather entries are explained at the presentation of the first
weather data, following the entry of January 31, 1804.