[tz] Fixed typos

Paul.Koning at dell.com Paul.Koning at dell.com
Mon Aug 21 19:16:05 UTC 2017


On 2017-08-20 06:22, J William Piggott wrote:
> On 08/20/2017 12:17 AM, Ice Karma (J. Connell) wrote:
>> I suspect "meterological" in the first diff hunk should actually read
>> "meteorological", rather than "metrological".
> 
> It seems unlikely that the Madras Observatory was making weather reports.
> I imagine the author intended to write "astronomical" measurements.
> 
> However, since it is written as a direct quote the mistake should be
> left as is, possibly with [sic]?

No, the mistake was in the quote (as first shown), not in the original.  You can find the original via Google, it's in Google Books and it says "meteorological".  (Which makes sense; while "metrological" is a valid word, it's not the one that fits here.)

	paul




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