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... reader ' consulting a bibliography may theoretically be able to understand the description without special instruction . Descriptions of this variety are less concise and as much as possible em- ploy descriptive phrasing instead of ...
... reader ' consulting a bibliography may theoretically be able to understand the description without special instruction . Descriptions of this variety are less concise and as much as possible em- ploy descriptive phrasing instead of ...
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... reader ' for ' general reader , ' there is no real ground for the common allegation that the arbitrary symbols and formulary methods of a technical description such as that above require more specialized knowledge from an im- portant ...
... reader ' for ' general reader , ' there is no real ground for the common allegation that the arbitrary symbols and formulary methods of a technical description such as that above require more specialized knowledge from an im- portant ...
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... reader can reconstruct the list that would appear in each volume title . As a general rule a reader's convenience is best served if a complete description of each volume of a book is made separately . However , the necessity for this ...
... reader can reconstruct the list that would appear in each volume title . As a general rule a reader's convenience is best served if a complete description of each volume of a book is made separately . However , the necessity for this ...
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