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Excerpt from An Extension of the Dewey Decimal System of Classification Applied to Architecture and Building
Each one of these primary classes or centuries is next divided into ten secondary divisions or decades, like that for the Fine Arts 700 Fine Arts 710 Landscape Architecture 720 Architecture 730 Sculpture 740 Drawing 750 'painting 7 60 Engraving 7 70 Photography 780 Music 790 Amusements Each secondary class or decade is further divided into ten sub divisions or units, for example, like Architecture' 720 Architecture 721 Construction 722 Ancient 728 Mediaeval 724 Modern 725 Public 726 Religious 727 Educational 728 Residence 729 Design In this manner are Obtained 1000 unit divisions which form a system usually found sufficient for a small library, a collection of general memoranda, or a series of notes and clippings of moderate extent. But a specialist requires a much more extendedsubdivision of perhaps only a few of these units comprising the topics in which he is chiefly interested. This introduces a very useful property of the decimal system, namely, that it may be almost infinitely extended in any part by the subdivision of certain units without affecting others or requiring any rearrangement of the general system.First subdivide into tenths of the unit, like Modern Architecture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
