CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



PAGE 



References to Publications 1-3 



Method of reference to authors 2 



Catalogue of scientific papers published by the Royal Society of London . . 3 



Decimal Systems 3-8 



Centigrade Thermometer Fahrenheit' s Thermometer 3 



Comparison and reduction of the two thermometric scales 3 



Table of equivalent temperatures according to the Fahrenheit and Centi- 

 grade thermometers 4 



Formulae for the reduction of the Fahrenheit and Centigrade scales and vice 



versa 4 



The Metric System 4-8 



Meter, liter and gram definitions and common equivalents 4 



Comparison of the metric and English systems of weights and measures.. . 5 



Table of the metric measures 5 



How to learn the metric system 6 



Table of equivalents of metric and English measures 7 



The metric system in medicine 8 



Zoological Classification 8 



Table illustrating classification 9 



Terminology 10 



Character of the terminology here used 10 



General considerations upon anatomical terminology 11 



Aphorisms upon terminology from various sources 12 



Brief statement of the objects and methods of the terminological changes 



here made 13 



Designation of Organs Organonymy 14 



General considerations by various authors 14 



Importance of brevity 15 



Comparison of technical and vernacular terms in science 15-17 



Ease in acquiring technical terms 



Names indicative of relative position 



The limits of terminological change 



Priority and etymological appropriateness of technical terms 



Some inconsistencies in the nomenclature here adopted 



Names and abbreviations on Ijfce figures 20 



