Contains more than 400 articles on oceanography and related sciences. Includes illustrations, cross-references, and a comprehensive index. An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Technology. Simon and Schuster, 1967. Clear explanations with detailed illustrations of how hundreds of different kinds of machines work.
Examples are thermostats, telescopes, compressors, x-rays, and much more.
Presents quantitative summary statistics on the political, sociological, and economic organizations of the U.S. Includes references to the sources of all tables. The World Almanac and Book of Facts. Newspaper Enterprise Association. Detailed index in front of volume. The U.S. Government is the largest publisher in the world.