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THE WORLD OF SCIENCE F. Sherwood Taylor / VINTAGE HC/DJ 1st Ed 1936
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VINTAGE 80 year old blue hardcover with gold imprinting to cover and spine, very small scuff to cover, lightly toned endpapers, light foxing to compressed page edges, pages are otherwise unmarked. Includes numerous illustrations, plates, tables, photographs, and a comprehensive list of contents (see scans) and index. Clipped dustjacket is quite tatty (see scans), with a repaired tear and foxing to the reverse.
1064 pages, 23.5 x 16 cms, William Heinemann Ltd., first edition 1936. The photographs form part of the description.
The purpose of this book is to answer in simple terms the questions which the ordinary man and woman ask about living creatures, the world and the mechanical devices daily encountered by all. Includes chapters on science, matter and energy, solids, liquids, gases, speed, machines, power, electric currents, locomotion, vibration, sound waves, light waves, long and short waves, particles, atoms and elements, compounds, hydrogen, air and oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon, chlorine, sulphur, the metals, the earth, the air, floating continents, the sun, planets, stars and the universe, the living cell, how a body works, reproduction, classes of animals, plants and bacteria, and evolution.
All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your protection. Can be picked up from HILLARYS (any time) OR NOLLAMARA (school terms). If you require postage, please send me your postcode. To see all my current listings, please click on my name: Riverdancer.
1064 pages, 23.5 x 16 cms, William Heinemann Ltd., first edition 1936. The photographs form part of the description.
The purpose of this book is to answer in simple terms the questions which the ordinary man and woman ask about living creatures, the world and the mechanical devices daily encountered by all. Includes chapters on science, matter and energy, solids, liquids, gases, speed, machines, power, electric currents, locomotion, vibration, sound waves, light waves, long and short waves, particles, atoms and elements, compounds, hydrogen, air and oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon, chlorine, sulphur, the metals, the earth, the air, floating continents, the sun, planets, stars and the universe, the living cell, how a body works, reproduction, classes of animals, plants and bacteria, and evolution.
All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your protection. Can be picked up from HILLARYS (any time) OR NOLLAMARA (school terms). If you require postage, please send me your postcode. To see all my current listings, please click on my name: Riverdancer.
- Date Listed:27/01/2023
- Last Edited:27/01/2023
- Condition:Used
- Shipping:Shipping & Pickup
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