Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, 3 Volume Set (Van Nostrands Scientific Encyclopedia)
Edition: 10 edition
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Published: March 3, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 6236
ISBN-13: 9780471743385
Subjects: Reference works; Science: General Issues; Science (General); Science; Science/Mathematics; Reference; Science / General; Encyclopedias; General; Engineering
First sentence: AA. An Hawaiian term introduced into geological nomenclature by C.E. Dutton in 1883, and signifying the jagged, scoriaceous, blocky and exceedingly rough surface of some basic lava flows.