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Subclass QB
QB1-991                                 Astronomy
QB1-139                                       General
QB140-237                                   Practical and spherical astronomy
QB275-343                                   Geodesy
QB349-421                                   Theoretical astronomy and celestial mechanics
QB455-456                                   Astrogeology
QB460-466                                   Astrophysics
QB468-480                                   Non-optical methods of astronomy
QB495-903                                   Descriptive astronomy
QB500.5-785                                      Solar system
QB799-903                                         Stars
QB980-991                                   Cosmogony.  Cosmology
 
Subclass QC
QC1-999                                 Physics
QC1-75                                        General
QC81-114                                     Weights and measures
QC120-168.85                               Descriptive and experimental mechanics
QC170-197                                   Atomic physics. 
                                                            Constitution and properties of matter Including
                                                            molecular physics, relativity, quantum theory,
                                                            and solid state physics
QC221-246                                   Acoustics.  Sound
QC251-338.5                                Heat
QC310.15-319                                     Thermodynamics
QC350-467                                   Optics.  Light
QC450-467                                         Spectroscopy
QC474-496.9                                Radiation physics (General)
QC501-766                                   Electricity and magnetism
QC501-(721)                                       Electricity
QC669-675.8                                            Electromagnetic theory
QC676-678.6                                            Radio waves (Theory)
QC701-715.4                                            Electric discharge
QC717.6-718.8                                         Plasma physics.  Ionized gases
QC750-766                                         Magnetism
QC770-798                                   Nuclear and particle physics.  Atomic energy.  Radioactivity
QC793-793.5                                      Elementary particle physics
QC794.95-798                                     Radioactivity and radioactive substances
QC801-809                                   Geophysics.  Cosmic physics
QC811-849                                   Geomagnetism
QC851-999                                   Meteorology.  Climatology
                                                            Including the earth's atmosphere
QC974.5-976                                      Meteorological optics
QC980-999                                         Climatology and weather
QC994.95-999                                           Weather forecasting