Melvil Dewey's 
5Si6iiograpfiic Tfecimai System 
AND 
ITS PROPOSED APPLICATION 
FOU THE 
arranyement and rapid search of scientific subjects contained in Bee-lournals 
(6381.09) 
fMr W. P. REID, Member of Council, and First Class Expert of the British 
Bee-Keeper' s Association, lias kindly given the translators the benefit 
of his technical knowledge and revised the translation). 
T. MARR6, 
Engineer. 
Two years ayo, while looking over some copies of our woU 
known agricullura! periodical " // CoUivalore " edited by Dr Edoardo 
OrTAvr, my attenlion was called to an article by Dr A. Micheli, 
written from Rome, enlilled: AgricuUural Bibliography and the 
decimal system of Miivil Dewey (016.63). The use of the word decimal 
in connection with b''ir(igraphy and the number (016.63) under 
the title, set mi waudoring from my object and led me to read 
the aiticle in question giving a general idea of the system. Having 
read it, I came to the conclusion that tha system, with study, might 
be made usjful, not only for classifying books in large libraries, 
or in large bibliographical catalogues, the main object of the 
system; but also for i;lassifying and easily finding the various 
scientific subjects scattered over most periodicals. So also wiilh 
regard to apiculture. 
