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One interesting I've noticed in older books is that instead of page numbers (which are sort of like indices in an array), they used a system of writing the firs
by noufalibrahim 9y ago
One interesting I've noticed in older books is that instead of page numbers (which are sort of like indices in an array), they used a system of writing the first word of the recto (right page) at the bottom right corner of the verso (left page) creating a linked list of sorts.
You can see some examples in this book https://archive.org/details/opticksortreatis1730newt https://archive.org/details/opticksortreatis1730newt (although it has page numbers too).
- jerrre 9y agovery cool, does anyone happen to if there's a term for this?
- kgwgk 9y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catchword https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catchword
- lionyo 9y agoUseful for copying books before the printing press, you can check your copy by scanning through this word list They would count the number of each letter for the bible, for example