RESISTOR COLOUR CODE
the bands, the tolerances and the preferred series of two standards
ROCK CLASSIFICATION
the three classes, 24 named rocks and the cycle that links them — after USGS and NPS
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE
five categories of hurricane wind — and how much more damage each next one does
SPECTRAL LINES
five gases on one wavelength scale, from the violet edge to the red
WHAT A TORNADO BREAKS
twenty-eight damage indicators — and the wind at which each one gives way
THE TREE OF LIFE
who sits inside whom · where animals, fungi and plants actually are
FLAG SEMAPHORE
two flags, eight positions 45 degrees apart — all 26 letters; after the numerals sign A–I read as 1–9 and K as 0
MARITIME SIGNAL FLAGS
the twenty-six alphabet flags of the International Code of Signals — and what each one means alone
NUMERAL PENNANTS AND SUBSTITUTES
how to fly the same flag twice in one group with only one set aboard
KNIGHT
the nearest square off the lines, over pieces, and four moves to the square next door
PAWN
one square forward, two on its first move, capturing diagonally — and never going back
MARTIAL ARTS FAMILY TREE
fifteen schools and thirteen lines of transmission — every arrow is a documented apprenticeship, not a legend