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Mixing geometries and nomenclature is disastrous for readership. To become textbook-ready, it is hard to imagine not separating out the different geometries eventually. Some can be dropped of the six or seven. (Actually in a complication, one glaringly missing, Triangles, could be added totally separately of course.) Hex-prism has only few extreme examples of cvs within CVPage, all Gilman's own, and would have no outside interest to play. So few examples mean hex prism and pentagonal are unwise to generalize about and could be omitted here for stand-alone study on cv by cv basis. See M&B01. In original chart at left Tetrahedral Gilman may not be naming so extensively. Such uneven treatment warrants reduction to three. The only significant geometries would appear to be 2-d rectangles out of squares, 2-d hexagons, and 3-d cubic. And for comprehension they should not overlap in articles. The inessential geometries not those three become distractions; besides original never-before naming at the same time. To expect others to gain any understanding or words for piece-types to catch on, like incorporating these suffixes, the main three should have separate sections and treatment. Obviously, that is not going to be done here in CVPage, because Gilman is already devoted to his M&B Chapter names themselves, let alone reorganization. On account of Murray's style, one Grandmaster said 'History of Chess' is unusable or unreadable, peddling Eales' 'Chess, the History of a Game' as the readier desk reference. However, the inaccessibility of portions of Murray, as of Gilman M&Bxxs by analogy, does not invalidate them just because no one understands exactly what he is always talking about. The suffix index here brings clarity where it was lacking. As well, someone should take these suffixes from ' Alternator' to 'Weaver' and put one sample p-t each suffix on boards to see them in action.