Panati's extraordinary origins of everyday things
By: Charles Panati
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
ISBN-13: 9780060550981; 9780060964191
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries; Encyclopédies et dictionnaires anglais; Curiosités et merveilles; Popular culture; Curiosities and wonders; History; Innovations
Other titles: Extraordinary origins of everyday things
Notes: "Perennial library."

Includes bibliographical references and index.