> The above table is a consolidation of ISO 3, ISO 17, and ISO 497 of
1973,
> which were copied from the pre-war DIN 323.  The series that I have
> denoted
> as R'3 is very common although it does not appear in these documents..

Thanks for posting that. I used the R10 during sound and vibration work
and called the series 'one third octave' but I see that there is a lot
more to it than that. 

The series is attributed to the French Colonel Charles Reynard in 1877.
I thoroughly recommend you read this webpage:

http://www.sizes.com/numbers/preferred_numbers.htm

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Terry Simpson
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