Notes

Entries are under the name of the system in question, or under one of the following:

Abbreviations

Ad(vertisemnt)

Classification (of parts etc.)

Club

Early ‘bridges’, etc. (all systems, patents prior to 1901)

Exhibition

EXTRA Pages (the EXTRA MCS Sheets)

Language

Matchbox sets

MCS Amendments (these are the ones noted prior to the MCS Amendment Lists. The latter are listed under ‘EXTRA Pages’)

Misc

Misc Systems

Mys XX (Mystery parts)

New Sys(tem), followed by the country XX, or ?? if the country is not known. (New here includes ‘New’, that is newly discovered old systems.

Non-metal system

Parts

Patent(s) (see also Parts, & Early ‘bridges’)

People

Publication

Query XX

Threads (screw threads)

Web site(s)

NB The entries marked as Snippets are not based on hard evidence - they usually come from an Ebay item, or similar.

Abbreviations

Al, ali aluminium n

alt alternate

app approximately n

arch(‘l) architectural

b’d’g building

b/g blue/gold

bk black

br, Br braced, brass

brkt bracket

choc chocolate

circ circular

cmts, com comments

CNN CONSTRUCTION

col colour

constr(’n) construction

corr correction

cr handle crank handle

cts contents

dble double

diag diagonal

diff different, difference

dtls details

el, elec electric

eng engine, engineering

fl flat

Flem Flemish

flgd flanged

fr, Fr from, French

Ger German

gir girder

h hole

inc including

Ill illustrated

KNN KONSTRUKTION

KNR KONSTRUKTOR

lg, lge long, large

lft leaflet

M, MEC preceding PN, etc, MECCANO

mag magazine

man(‘l) manual

mat’l material

M’B’K METALLBAUKASTEN

m/c machine

mech mechanical

min minimum

mtnd mentioned

mfr manufacturer

mod model, change

mot motor

mys mystery

Ni nickel

pat patent

per(’d) period

pic picture, illustration, photo, etc.

pl plate

P/L Parts List

plas plastic

ply pulley

Pop Mech Popular Mechanics

PN Part No.

poss possibly

prob probably

pts parts

rad radius

rd round

recond reconditioned

rect rectangular

ref reference

reqd required

r/g red/green

rly railway

sf except

sim similar

SM small

sp spaced

spec special

sq square

ss without

st, St steam, steel

std standard

str strip

triang triangular

trun’n, tr’n trunnion

w with

whl whl

w’shop workshop

wt weight

Countries (after New Sys etc)

AL Australia

AR Argentina

AS Austria

BE Belgium

BS Belarus

BU Bulgaria

BZ Brazil

CA Canada

CL Chile

CN China

CO Colombia

CZ Czechoslovkia or Czech Republic

DE Denmark

ES Estonia

FI Finland

FR France

GE Germany (GEE if made in GDR)

GR Greece

HK Hong Kong

HU Hungary

IC Iceland

IN India

IS Israel

IT Italy

KO Korea

JA Japan

ME Mexico

NE Netherlands

NO Norway

NZ New Zealand

PO Poland

RH Rhodesia

RO Romania

RS Russia

SA South Africa

SD Sweden

SL Slovenia

SP Spain

SW Switzerland

TA Taiwan

UK UK

UN Ukraine

UR Uraguay

US USA

YU Yugoslavia

VE Venezuela

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