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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.
Contributed by v belov on 7 April, 2011 - 3:35pm
Last updated 24 January, 2013 - 12:23pm

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.
… Cotinis, 11 May, 2021 - 12:03pm

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