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The "Reason Why" Books
FIBERS Irving and
Ruth Adler
The John Day Company
New
York
The "Reason Why" Books by Irving and Ruth Adler AIR FIBERS
HEAT
AND PLANTS IRRIGATION: CHANGING DESERTS TO GARDENS NUMBERS OLD AND NEW NUMERALS: NEW DRESSES FOR OLD NUMBERS INSECTS
OCEANS RIVERS
SHADOWS STORMS THE earth's crust THINGS THAT SPIN
WHY? A BOOK OF REASONS WHY AND HOW? A SECOND BOOK OF REASONS YOUR EARS YOUR EYES
© 1964 by Irving and Ruth Adler must not be reany form without permission. Published by The John Day Company, Inc., 62 West 45th Street, New York 36, N.Y., and
All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof,
produced
in
simultaneously in Canada by
Longmans Canada Limited, Toronto.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 64-12332
MANUFACTURED
IN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Third Impression
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Flax, a Fiber for Cloth
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Other Bast Fibers
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Spinning
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