The English Illustrated Dictionary by J. Coulson, C.T. Carr, Lucy Hutchinson, Dorothy Eagle / Award Publications / Hardcover / With rich appendix - capacity, linear, weight, angular measures, temperatures

Hardcover 1986

ISBN: 9780861631100  /  978-0861631100‎

ISBN-10: 0861631102

PAGES: 998

PUBLISHER: Award Publications

LANGUAGE: English  

!!! Condition of this book is USED LIKE NEW !!!

PUBLISHER’S NOTE ON THE SECOND EDITION

SINCE its publication in 1962 the Oxford Illustrated Dictionary has been reprinted three times, each time with additions and amendments. In this new edition it has been entirely revised and reset so as to include entries for words that have recently become established in current usage, and as far as possible an up-to-date record of developments in world affairs, institutions, and science and technology in everyday life. In the United Kingdom various changes have been taking place in the last few years; notably the adoption of decimal coinage, the gradual substitution of metric for imperial units of measurement, and the coming into force of the Local Government Act of 1972. At the time of going to press metrication is still at a transitional stage: metric measurements are in use in many departments of life, but not yet in all, and the dictionary reflects usage of 1974, which may alter within the next few years. Changes of nomenclature and function brought about by the Local Government Act apply to England and Wales as from April 1974; those for Scotland are due in May 1975;! the reorganization of local government for Northern Ireland came into force in October 1973.

TEXT EDITED BY J. COULSON C.T. CARR, LUCY HUTCHINSON,  DOROTHY EAGLE

ILLUSTRATIONS EDITED BY HELEN MARY PETTER

SECOND EDITION REVISED BY
DOROTHY EAGLE
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
JOYCE HAWKINS