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digests
70051
Systematically arranged summaries of laws, reported cases, decisions, and other legal documents.
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bank statements
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The statements, usually monthly, rendered by a bank to a depositor.
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public utility maps
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Maps that display specific public infrastructure.
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flow-line maps
70051
Maps showing movement of materials, the direction or route followed being indicated by a line representing the railway, waterway, or other route concerned, while the width of the line represents the quantity of material conveyed.
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isoline maps
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Maps displaying the distribution of a characteristic, such as precipitation, vegetation, or another feature, by using lines that connect points of equal value. They are distinct from "contour maps" in that they typically do not show the distribution of elevation of the landscape.
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outline maps
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Maps that present just sufficient geographic information to permit the correlation of additional data placed on it.
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bid forms
70051
Forms, furnished to bidders, on which to submit their bids.
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bidding announcements
70051
Documents advertising for bids to be submitted for a particular job.
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charter rolls
70051
Parchment rolls upon which charters were enrolled at the chancery.
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odes
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Lyric poems of exalted emotion devoted to the praise or celebration of its subject; often employing complex or irregular metrical form.
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polyglot dictionaries
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Dictionaries book containing versions of the same text in several languages; especially Biblical texts in several languages
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building directories
70051
Devices informing users of a building or complex about the location of or directions to individuals, organizations, or services within that building or complex.
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street directories
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Books or publications with detailed maps of city streets, accompanied by an index of street names linked with coordinates or page numbers where the streets can be found.
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city directories
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City directories usually contain an alphabetical list of businesses and residents for a municipality. Names of heads of households are included and in some cases, death dates, partners in firms, or forwarding addresses. Often these also include advertisements, information about schools, churches, and social organizatio...
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state directories
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Directories that provide government information and services for state employees, local government, and the general public. The directory services include state employee information, state agency information, and a State Government Organization Chart.
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regional directories
70051
Directories of public organizations encompassing regional communities.
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national directories
70051
Directories of public organizations encompassing a nation or country as a whole.
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international directories
70051
Reference works that provide data related to agents in various fields that exist globally.
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manufacturers' registers
70051
Publications that list manufacturers or fabricators of materials for those that seek their services.
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warning signs
70051
Signs that call attention to conditions that are potentially hazardous.
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hymn boards
70051
Tablets hung in church that display to the congregation the numbers of hymns and readings for services.
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traffic signs
70051
Signs giving directions, warnings, or other information pertinent for vehicles or pedestrians.
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biographical dictionaries
70051
Volumes composed of biographical sketches, arranged alphabetically, of people that share a common cultural context or origin.
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dictionaries of synonyms
70051
Dictionaries that collect words having the same general sense, but with shades of meaning appropriate to various contexts.
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excise marks
70051
Marks, typically found of mugs used in 19th century taverns, to indicate the amount of fluid to add.
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factory marks
70051
Devices applied to pottery, often to the bottom of a vessel or plate, for the purpose of identifying the origin of commercial pottery wares. Some ancient Greek wares include such marks; more are evident in Renaissance European wares; and the application of factory marks became nearly universally common in the 20th cent...
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hallmarks
70051
Official stamps affixed by guilds or assay offices upon articles made of gold or silver as evidence of the quality of the metal. Distinguished from "makers' marks" which are stamped on articles of gold or silver for the purpose of identifying the craftsman or workshop of origin.
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makers' marks
70051
Marks stamped on valuable or unique objects such as jewelry, silverware, furniture, and timepieces, for the purpose of identifying the craftsman or workshop of origin. Distinguished from "hallmarks" which are official stamps affixed by guilds or assay offices as evidence of the quality of the metal.
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marks of origin
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Inscriptions, names, stamps, labels, or seals placed on articles to signify origin.
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mintmarks
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Abbreviations, monograms, or symbols placed, usually unobtrusively, on coins to indicate the mint at which the coins were made.
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ownership marks
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Marks, sometimes hidden, identifying an item as the property of an individual, library, museum, archive, or other institution.
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postmarks
70051
Official marks stamped on mail, sometimes serving as cancellations, that indicate the place, date, and sometimes the time that the postal system accepted custody of the item; use "cancellations" only for official defacements of postage stamps to prevent their reuse.
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press figures
70051
Printed numerals, letters, or symbols irregularly occurring in the lower margins of some hand-pressed books for the purpose of recording press practice.
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closed specifications
70051
Detailed and exact statements prescribing materials, dimensions, and workmanship for something to be built, installed, or manufactured, stipulating the use of proprietary products or processes without provision for substitution.
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commercial specifications
70051
Detailed and exact statements of particulars describing materials, dimensions, and workmanship for the manufacture or installation of commercial products.
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master specifications
70051
Specifications prepared as a standard for a particular type of project.
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regional atlases
70051
Atlases of a particular region.
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statistical atlases
70051
Atlases whose function is to display data of the inhabitants of a particilaur area, typically based on census information.
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bonds
70051
Agreements pledging liability for financial or personal loss caused to another party.
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certificates of incorporation
70051
Documents issued by the Secretary of State or other state official, establishing a corporation.
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charters
70051
Documents, usually sealed, granting specific rights, setting forth aims and principles of a newly established entity, and often embodying formal agreements and authorizing special privileges or exemptions.
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telephone area code maps
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profit and loss statements
70051
Statements showing the income and expense accounts of a business over a stated time, the difference being the profit or loss for the period.
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exhibit scripts
70051
Posted texts that accompany an exhibition of art or other cultural material, including wall labels and other explanatory texts, charts, etc.
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astronautical charts
70051
Charts used for navigation beyond the earth's atmosphere, including interplanetary or interstellar space.
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astronomical charts
70051
Refers to maps of the heavens, including the constitution, relative positions, and motions of the heavenly bodies, which are all the bodies in the material universe outside of the Earth, as well as of the Earth itself relative to them. The earliest examples were often decorated with fantastic figures depicting the cons...
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pictorial maps
70051
Refers to maps in which pictures are used to note the distribution of features, including physical features, flora, fauna, settlement patterns, or other characteristics.
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planimetric maps
70051
Maps representing the horizontal position of land features and not relief.
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quadrangle maps
70051
Maps, as those published by the United States Geological Survey, which show tracts of a country on a series of sheets and according to a specified scale.
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relief maps
70051
Maps showing land or sea bottom relief in terms of height above or below a datum by any method, such as contours, hachures, shading, or tinting.
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comprehensive plans
70051
Organized, detailed proposals that are comprehensive in scope and lay out strategies and schemes of action for something to be done. Examples include land use control law, zoning, and urban redevelopment omnibus plans of cities or towns for housing, industry, commercial, and recreational facilities and their impact on ...
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New Year cards
70051
Greeting cards given at the time of the new year.
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valentines
70051
Greeting cards sent to a sweetheart on Saint Valentine's Day.
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photographic postcards
70051
Postcards that have on one side an image produced with light-sensitive materials directly on the card.
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color wheels
70051
Circular charts with wedge-shaped segments of contiguous spectral hues comprising primary colors (e.g., red), secondary colors (e.g., orange), and tertiary colors (e.g., red-orange), with complementary colors (e.g., orange and blue) placed opposite one another. Color wheels may vary depending upon whether they are inte...
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hypothecation certificates
70051
Certificates attached to bills of exchange drawn against shipments of property that empower the holder to dispose of merchandise as security for the payment of the bill if payment or acceptance is refused.
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bibliographies of bibliographies
70051
Lists of works that themselves collect other lists that collate works on a particular theme, rather than of a particular author, printer, or country.
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local bibliographies
70051
Bibliographies of books or other written records relating to a geographical area smaller than a county, which typically include those written by and about people born in the area, as well as books concering the area's geography, natural history, or architecture.
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key-word-and-context indexes
70051
Indexes in which each significant word in the entry is brought to the beginning, in alphabetical order, followed by the remaining words which follow it, and then followed by that part of the original title which came before the significant word.
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sandwich boards
70051
Two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear a message such as an advertisement, notice, or exhortation.
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signboards
70051
Boards bearing signs, especially common as tavern and shop signs.
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watermain maps
70051
Maps indicating the location of watermains in a building or buildings.
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chops
70051
Embossed marks or seals impressed into a print by printers, artists, print workshops, or publishers signifying where and by whom the print was made.
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glass marks
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house marks
70051
Marks of property, incised on the facade of a building, typically in the form of simple patterns of lines.
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porcelain marks
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bottle makers' marks
70051
Marks stamped on bottles by the manufacturer.
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officina marks
70051
Letters on Roman and Byzantine coins indicating the particular workshop of a mint that produced the coins; used from the mid-3rd century to the early 8th century.
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accessions registers
70051
Lists of additions to the holdings of a collection, usually in chronological order by date of receipt and giving the titles of the accessions.
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scanning
70051
Process of analysis done by transversing the scanned subject by a detector or an electromagnetic beam; scanning is done to determine the nature, qualities, measurements, etc. of an object, living subject, area, or other thing; the analysis may involve the recording of information derived from the scanning.
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laser scanning
70051
The general method used to sample or scan a surface using laser technology. Controlled deflection of laser beams to perform analysis or provide insight. Uses are many, including in laser printers, in laser shows, stereolithography machines, barcode scanners, in rapid prototyping, in machines for material processing, i...
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3-D laser scanning
70051
Process of scanning a three-dimensional real-world object or environment to analyze and collect data.
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reflectance spectroscopy
70051
Spectral analysis of electromagnetic radiation reflected from a surface as a means of investigating the properties of surface material.
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Cactaceae
70051
Plant family including more than 2,000 species, grouped into around 175 genera, although classification is much debated. Most species are native to the New World, found the length of North and South America. It is debated whether or not they are true cacti, but some species may possibly be found in East Africa, Madagas...
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Lophophora
70051
Genus of extremely slow growing, spineless, button-like cacti native to Texas and Mexico; the various species grow low to the ground and they often form groups with numerous, crowded shoots.
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reservoir pens
70051
Pens such as fountain pens and others that hold a reservoir of ink in the handle, holder, or other receptacle, as distinguished from dip pens that require frequent dipping of the pen point in ink, such as lettering pens, quill pens, reed pens, and others.
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pests
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Animals, especially insects, that damage or infest crops, livestock, stored goods, or other items valued by humans. Also may refer to a plant that is an invasive weed.
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predators
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Animals that typically acquire food by actively hunting or lying in wait to kill and eat other animals.
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prey
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Animals that are typically sources of food for other animals that actively hunt or lie in wait to kill them.
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scavengers
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Animals that typically feed on prey that has already been killed by another animal or that has died by accident or natural causes.
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microorganisms
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General term referring to extremely minute living things, either plants or animals, that can be seen only under a microscope.
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wasps
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General term referring to members of several families in different superfamilies of insects in the suborder Apocrita having in common that they have the abdomen attached to the thorax by a slender petiole or waist, most are winged, and the females have a stinger.
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insects by sex or age
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Cirripedia
70051
Members of a subclass containing around 1,220 species of arthropod that go through several distinct swimming stages as plankton, then usually fix themselves to a rocky or other hard submerged surface as adults, having a hard shell and feeding by reaching into the water with modified legs. Classified as an infraclass i...
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Brachyura
70051
Members of a infraorder containing ten-legged crustaceans having relatively short tails that are curled under the thorax, or midsection, a broad thick exoskeleton, and a first pair of legs that is modified into pincers. The common term "crab" is sometimes part of the name of other crustaceans and insects, such as hermi...
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Homaridae
70051
Members of a family of large marine stalk-eyed ten-footed long-tailed crustacean having a first pair of feet that are very large and form the characteristic claws (chelae), a rigid segmented exoskeleton, compound eyes on movable stalks, two pairs of long antennae, and a flipper-like muscular tail that is used for swim...
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Ixodida
70051
Members of an order containing 3 families, 18 genera, and close to 900 species or arachnids that are external parasites (ectoparasites) that take nourishment from the blood of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Ticks are important parasites of large wild and domestic animals and are also significant as carriers ...
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Papio
70051
Members of a genus containing five living species of large, robust, and primarily terrrestrial monkeys found in dry regions of Africa and Arabia, characterized by a long dog-like snout, large canine teeth or tusks, capacious cheek pouches, and naked callosities on the buttocks.
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antelopes
70051
Common name for several species of deer-like ruminants from several genera, including true antelopes, goat-like antelopes, and ox-like antelopes. They have in common that they are even-toed, hoofed mammals that typically are swift, slender, and graceful plains dwellers.
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buffaloes
70051
Common name referring to several species of oxen in different genera, including the Asian water buffalo and African Cape buffalo.
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cattle
70051
A collective term referring to live animals, particularly bovine animals, held as property or reared to serve as meat, or sources of milk, skin, wool, etc.
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ibexes
70051
General term for several species of wild goats inhabiting the Asia, Africa, and the Alps and Apennines of Europe.
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wolves
70051
General term applied to members of various large, wild species of Canis, particularly those of North America and Eurasia that hunt in packs.
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greyhounds
70051
Breed known as the fastest and one of the oldest breed of dog. Streamlined and slender but strong, the greyhound can attain a speed of about 45 miles per hour. The greyhound stands 25 to 27 inches (64 to 69 cm) and weighs 60 to 70 pounds (27 to 32 kg). In art, greyhounds appear on an Egyptian tomb dating from about 300...
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pugs
70051
Breed of dog that originated in China, and was introduced to England by Dutch traders at the end of the 17th century. The pug has a short muzzle, a black mask on the face, tightly curled tail, large head with prominent, dark eyes, and small, drooping ears. At maturity, it stands 10 to 11 inches (25.5 to 28 cm) and weig...
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ponies
70051
Any of several breeds of small horses typically standing less than 14.2 hands (56.8 inches) high and noted for gentleness and endurance. Some breeds are not considered ponies, even if they are under 14.2 hands high.
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climatic maps
70051
Maps that display the geographic distribution of climatic variables, usually in monthly or annual values.
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forestry maps
70051
Refers to maps of a given region, intended to chart the areas covered by forests and other vegetation. They typically record the boundaries of the forest, the relief of the area, assessments of timber volume and expected growth rates, and features or projections related to concerns such as animal or human inhabitants a...
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ships' passenger lists
70051
Lists of persons traveling on a ship.
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tariff schedules
70051
Series or lists of rates of duties imposed by a government on imported or exported goods.