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The Visual Dictionary of Everyday Things by Catherine Anholt, Laurence Anholt is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Visual Dictionary of Everyday Things about?
Here is an entirely new kind of dictionary — one that is packed iwth vivid photogrpahs and thousands of names for the components that make up familiar objects. The Visual Dictionary of Everyday Things will give you instant access to the specialist vocabulary used in furniture making, clock making, tailoring, bookbinding, and manufacturing a multitude of everyday objects. If you know what an object looks like but don't know its name, then turn to the labels around the illustrations. If you know a word but don't know what it refers to,k then the comprehensive index will direct you to the illustration that bears the name. Each subject is depicted whole in a full-color photograph or illustrations. Then it is taken apart — or "exploded" — and each component is identified with carefully researched labels. <p>This volume forms part of a series that, like the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books, builds thematically into a comprehensive and exquisitely illustrated treasure trove of words and pictures providing high-quality information for readers of all ages.</p> <p>Text, "exploded view" photographs, and labels reveal everyday objects and their parts, including the
Who reads The Visual Dictionary of Everyday Things?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Catherine Anholt, Laurence Anholt
- Publisher
- Dorling Kindersley Limited
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780773725447
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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