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In the U.S., why is octothorp used to signal an apartment at a particular address?
In the book "Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers" it says:
The octothorp ("8 fields" ) has been used in cartography as a symbol for "village "... .
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