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This article is a list of standard proofreader's marks used to indicate and correct problems in a text. Marks come in two varieties, abbreviations and abstract symbols. Marks come in two varieties, abbreviations and abstract symbols.
Text annotated with proofreading marks to the ISO 5776 standard. ISO 5776, published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), is an international standard that specifies symbols for proofreading such as of manuscripts, typescripts and printer's proofs. [1]
Progressively, national proof houses were set up in other countries and proof marks were introduced. In 1914, the director of the Liège Proof House in Liège, Mr. Joseph Fraikin (director from 1908 to 1946), was the originator of the creation of the Permanent International Commission for Firearms Testing. [1]
Waffenamt code (WaA) is the German inspection proof mark and can be found on firearms and equipment. An example of a Waffenamt stamp. Chiefs of the Waffenamt
Japanese cuirass with bullet marks from being tested for resistance to firearms. The proofing of armour is testing armour for its defensive ability, most commonly the historical testing of plate armour and mail (armour).
The Proof House has statutory duties to regulate the safety of firearms in the United Kingdom. To administer proof, the company was given broad powers of 'search, gage, proof, trial and mark'. The power to search (with a constable) for unproved guns and seize them is still vested in the company today.
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