January 31, 2006

Melvil Dewey!

A very nice compendium of exactly what a great invention the Dewey Decimal System turned out to be.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at January 31, 2006 12:00 PM
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I am reading Defining the Wind
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400048850/qid=1138733354/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-3902885-5218508?n=507846&s=books&v=glance
about the Beaufort scale of wind strengths. Even though its got only 11 levels (0-10), it imposed consistency on estimates of wind strength, as meteorology and navigation developed.

Posted by: steevil at January 31, 2006 12:53 PM

I wish I could think of stuff like that.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at February 1, 2006 08:42 AM