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MOST of those engaged in scientific work will probably agree with the views on this subject put forth by Mr. Wheatley in NATURE, vol. xx. p. 627. There can be little doubt that a complete subject-index of scientific literature, in the sense in which it is generally understood, could not be compiled, and that the result of an attempt to do so would be as useless as it would be cumbrous, for the obvious reason that in a given paper, much valuable work is recorded which served only as a means to the end treated of; this work, therefore, lies hidden under a title which does not even remotely refer to it.
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BROWN, F. Subject-Indexes. Nature 21, 10–11 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/021010c0
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