The 11th edition of the Dewey Decimal system, which he wrote in his
'reformed spelling.' Amazingly, the Google text (at least the part I've
scanned) catches it perfectly:
"In the clast card catalog the clasification is mapt out abuv the cards
by projecting gyds, making reference almost instantaneus. Subjects ar
arranjed in i, 2, 3 order of their decimal subject numbers exactly as in
clas tables, and cards of each subject ar then subarranjed alfabeticly
by authors (or, in sum cases, e. g. biografy or local history, by
subjects) or cronolojicly, or by book numbers.
The printed subject catalog on this plan is also most compact and
satisfactory in use. Under each clas number ar givn the library's
resources on that subject, the heding giving, for convenience, name as
wel as number of subject; e. g.' 513 Jeometry.' Jeneral notes ar printed
in finer typ under jeneral heds, and a relativ index at the end shows
just where to open the book to find any topic. As clas numbers ar put in
place of paje numbers, this index servs for /any /catalog, list or
library arranjed on this plan."
http://books.google.com/books?id=xcYGAAAAYAAJ
kc
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