Waves, tides, and currents / by Elizabeth Clemons. Illustrated with maps, diagrams & photographs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clemons, Elizabeth, 1904-2003.

Contributor:

Fleming, Guy.

Tehon, Atha.

Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ocean waves--Juvenile literature.

Ocean waves.

Tides--Juvenile literature.

Tides.

Ocean currents--Juvenile literature.

Ocean currents.

Genre:

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Physical Description:

14 unnumbered pages, 112 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [1967]

Summary:

Discusses the reasons for the existence of tides, different tides, wave formation, kinds of waves, the causes of currents, specific currents and currents and future oceanography development.

Contents:

Tides at the seashore

The earth. the moon, and the sun

What causes the tides?

Waves on the shore and at sea

Waves, tides, and currents of tomorrow.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."

"Jacket, binding, and typography by Guy Fleming."--Dust jacket.

"10 and up"--Dust jacket.

"This book was set on the Linotype in Janson, a recutting made direct from the type cast from matrices made by Anton Janson."--A Note on the Type.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [107]-108) and index.

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Tehon Collection copy has "Atha" written in ms. on preliminary page [1].

Other Format:

Online version: Clemons, Elizabeth. Waves, tides and currents.

OCLC:

887070