Pleger, John J · Chicago : The Inland printer company · leaf 236
divided into as many spaces as there are lettersin the alphabet, including Mc. The letter X isoften eliminated because there are very few names whichbegin with X. A handy division scale adaptable to all INDEXING 221 books within the range of the pattern is made by cuttinga piece of pulpboard 23 by… … twenty-seven equal spaces, and lines are drawn from theupper to the lower divisions. Very often on small books the alphabet is divided intotwo sections. In such cases the length of the book isdivided into as many divisions as there are letters in therow: of the twenty-seven divisions in the…
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