The universal encyclopedia of machines, or, How things work : the theory and practice of modern machines and methods, from the ball-point pen to the jet engine, from the polaroid camera to radar, with 1071 two-colour drawings and 6 pages of four-colour illustrations

Author(s)

• Van Amerongen, C.
• Bibliographisches Institut (Mannheim, Germany)

Bibliographic Information

The universal encyclopedia of machines, or, How things work : the theory and practice of modern machines and methods, from the ball-point pen to the jet engine, from the polaroid camera to radar, with 1071 two-colour drawings and 6 pages of four-colour illustrations

[translated and adapted from the revised edition by C. van Amerongen]

George Allen & Unwin, 1967

Other Title

Wie funktioniert das?

The universal encyclopedia of machines

Note

"The German original Wie funktioniert das? first published by Bibliographisches Institut in 1963"--T.p. verso

"Published in the USA as The way things work"--T.p. verso

• NCID: BA47323481
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 590 p.: ill. (some col.)
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : T47
  • DC : 600
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Technology -- Popular works