Elsevier's Dictionary of Nuclear Science and Technology; In Six Languages: English/American, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and German

Clason, W. E.[Willem Elbertus] (Compiler and Arranger)

Published by Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1958

About this Item

[6], 914, [2] pages. Abbreviations and Symbols Used. Ex-library with usual library markings. Excessed. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Front board has small separation at bottom at title page. Cover has some wear and soiling. Formerly part of the Technical Library of the U. S. Army Ordnance, Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. The compiler was the Head of the Translation Department at N. V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken located at Eindhoven (The Netherlands). Clason compiled and arranged a number of technical dictionaries during his long and productive career. A handy reference for nuclear scientists and engineers, this work covers such fields as physics, nuclear physics, nuclear chemistry, isotopy, metallurgy, chemical technology and biology, as well as ionizing radiation. This is an early multi-language nuclear technical dictionary. A large number of terms from physics, nuclear physics, nuclear chemistry, isotopy, metallurgy, chemical termnology, biology and other disciplines. It was part of Elsevier's series of technical reference works. Among the works used as a basis for this compilation were those of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Elsevier's Dictionary of Nuclear Science and Technology; In Six Languages: English/American, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and German
• Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam
• Publication Date: 1958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Presumed First Edition, First printing.
• Condition: Good