Tables for technical writers

E. vH. Larson

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Tables for technical writers

Informally Refereed

Authors:

E. vH. Larson

Year:

1947

Type:

Science Perspectives

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Station Paper NE-3. Philadelphia, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-45.

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Abstract

Practically every publication we issue contains tables of some sort. Tables offer a convenient way of presenting many kinds of information. And tables are badly abused. There are few places a writer can go to find out how to construct clear, compact, easy-to-read tables, and how to use them.

Citation

Larson, E. vH. 1947. Tables for technical writers. Station Paper NE-3. Philadelphia, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-45.