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Extraordinary origins of everyday things

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary703
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Panati, Charles, 1943-
Publication Date
c1987
Call Number
031 PAN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
ISBN
0060960930
0060550988
0060964197
Call Number
031 PAN
Author
Panati, Charles, 1943-
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Perennial Library
Publication Date
c1987
Physical Description
xi, 463 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Inventions--History
Notes
Issued also under title: Panati's extraordinary origins of everyday things.
Includes index.
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The pocket Oxford dictionary of current English

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3891
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Fowler, F. G. (Francis George), 1870-1918
Fowler, H. W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933
Edition
4th ed.
Publication Date
1960
Call Number
423 OXF
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
X2794
Call Number
423 OXF
Edition
4th ed.
Author
Fowler, F. G. (Francis George), 1870-1918
Fowler, H. W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933
Place of Publication
Oxford, [Great Britain]
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
1960
Printer
University Press
Physical Description
950 p., [74 p.] ; 17 cm.
Inscription
Pocket / Oxford / Dictionary / If lost,.. S. Schofield / 4209 Maywood Street / Burnaby / HE 3-1478
Library Subject (LOC)
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Object History
8029 McPherson Ave address (formerly 1270 McPherson Ave) occupied by John W. and Margaret Schofield in 1955 BC Directory. His occupation is listed as "slsmn Barham & Sands".
Notes
"Complied by F.G. Fowler & H.W. Fowler." -- title page. "Revised by H.G. Le Mesurier and E. McIntosh." -- title page. "Oxford at the Claredon Press" -- title page.
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