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Composition of scientific words
By Brown R.W.
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 882 pp., 1956
Cite: 503718 with citation markup [cite:503718]
Full title: Composition of scientific words: A manual of methods and a lexicon of materials for the practice of logotechnics

Recommended here. Most helpful source. Multiple reprint editions available.

nice find!
Just came across this and downloaded the PDF for reference. Looks to be a very helpful resource. Roland W. Brown was quite the impressive scholar--that must have been a real labor of love.

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