cetological system
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- creator_status
- American whaleman
- description
- A classification framework for whales developed by the narrator, which categorizes whales by magnitude into Folio, Octavo, and Duodecimo. The system is presented as unfinished, a work in progress for future investigators.
- purpose
- valuable to future investigators
- status
- unfinished
Relationships
- includes_categoryDuodecimo (Whale Classification)
- description
- The Duodecimo category is part of the Cetological System, classifying whales by their magnitude.
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- Duodecimo magnitude:—The Bottle-Nose Whale; the Junk Whale; the Pudding-Headed Whale; the Cape Whale; the Leading Whale; the Cannon Whale; the Scragg Whale; the Coppered Whale; the Elephant Whale; the Iceberg Whale; the Quog Whale; the Blue Whale; etc.
- includes_categoryFolio (Whale Classification)
- description
- The Folio category is part of the Cetological System, classifying whales by their magnitude.
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- according to his Folio, Octavo, or Duodecimo magnitude
- includes_categoryOctavo (Whale Classification)
- description
- The Octavo category is part of the Cetological System, classifying whales by their magnitude.
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- according to his Folio, Octavo, or Duodecimo magnitude
- compared_toCathedral of Cologne
- description
- The narrator compares the unfinished state of his Cetological System to the great Cathedral of Cologne, which was also left with its crane still standing upon its uncompleted tower.
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- even as the great Cathedral of Cologne was left, with the crane still standing upon the top of the uncompleted tower.
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- 2026-03-02T00:09:09.265Z
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