The Stoddart Visual Dictionary: Look up the Word from the Picture, Find the Picture from the Word

804 Pages·1986·80.391 MB·English

by  Jean Claude Corbeil

THE STODDART
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ISBN 0-7737-2093-6
THE STODDART
Visual Dictionary
Jean-Claude Corbeil
• DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE BUT NOT WHAT IT’S CALLED?
• DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S CALLED
BUT CAN’T PICTURE IT?
Here’s the reference book that solves your
problems. THE STODDART VISUAL
DICTIONARY allows you to look up an
image to find out its name, or determine the
nature or function of a word that you have
heard but cannot visualize. By placing the
object or word in context, THE STODDART
VISUAL DICTIONARY also supplies useful
terminology relating to the word in question.
With more than 3,000 illustrations, 25,000
words and 85 pages of handy, easy-to-use
tables and indexes, THE VISUAL DICTION¬
ARY is the ultimate reference work for stu¬
dents and educators as well as curious minds
of all ages. In a clear and well organized way,
THE STODDART VISUAL DICTIONARY
provides pictures and vocabulary for a
wide range of general subjects including :
• The Human Body
• The Animal Kingdom
• Food
• Clothing
• Personal Articles
• Music
• Hobbies
• Sports and Games
• Farming and Gardening
THE STODDART
Visual Dictionary
A FOR REFERENCE
NOT TO BE TAKEN FROM THE ROOM
Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2018 with funding from
Kahle/Austin Foundation
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Jeon-Claude Corbeil
THE STODDART
Visual Dictionary
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Published in 1986 by
Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited
34 Lesmill Road
Toronto, Canada
M3B 2T6
Published in French by
Editions Quebec/Amerique Inc.
Published in the United States by
Facts on File
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Corbeil, Jean-Claude, 1932-
The Stoddart visual dictionary
ISBN 0-7737-2093-6
1. Picture dictionaries, English. I. Title.
PE1629.C67 1986 423' 1 C86-093771-2
Printed and Bound in Canada
EDITORIAL STAFF
Jacques Fortin
publisher
Jean-Claude Corbeil
editor-in-chief
Ariane Archambault
assistant editor
ASSOCIATE RESEARCH EDITORS
Edith Girard
Rene Saint-Pierre
Christiane Vachon
Marielle Hebert
Ann Cero
GRAPHICS STAFF
Sylvie Levesque
Francine Giroux
Emmanuelle Rousseau
COPY EDITORS
Jean-Pierre Fournier
Philip Stratford
Michel Veyron
Diane Martin
Ann Cero
Guy Connolly
Joseph Reilly
Ruby Bercik
G.P. Jordan
Ann Jordan
The editors are grateful for the assistance provided by
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION. 15 Water forms. 49
Classification of snow crystals, kinds of precipi¬
THE STODDART tation
VISUAL DICTIONARY Hydrologic cycle. 50
USAGE GUIDE. 23 Climates of the world. 51
International weather symbols. 52
Meteors, fronts, sky coverage, wind
Meteorology. 54
Weather map, station model, meteorological
ground
Meteorological measuring instruments. 56
ASTRONOMY. 25 Direct-reading rain gauge, sunshine recorder
Earth coordinate system. 27 Meteorological satellite. 57
Celestial coordinate system. 27
VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 59
Seasons of the year. 27
Structure of a plant.- 61
Planets of the solar system. 28
Root, stem, leaf, leaf margin, types of leaves,
Symbols of the planets. 28 simple leaves, compound leaves
Sun . 29 Structure of a tree. 63
Structure of the Sun, solar eclipse Tree, cross section of a trunk, stump
Moon. 30 Structure of a flower. 64
Lunar features, lunar eclipse, phases of the Moon Types of inflorescences
Galaxy, Hubble’s classification. 31 Mushrooms. 65
Comet. 31 Structure of a mushroom, edible mushrooms,
Constellations of the northern hemisphere 32 poisonous mushroom, deadly mushroom
Constellations of the southern hemisphere 33 Fleshy fruits : berry fruits. 66
Astronomical observatory. 34 Section of a berry: grape, major types of berries
Compound fleshy fruits. 66
Planetarium. 35
Section of a strawberry, section of a wild black¬
Planetarium projector. 35
berry or raspberry
GEOGRAPHY. 37
Stone fleshy fruits. 67
Structure of the Earth. 39
Section of a stone fruit: peach, ma/or types of
Profile of the Earth’s atmosphere. 39 stone fruits
Space achievements. 39 Pome fleshy fruits. 68
Section of the Earth’s crust. 40 Section of a pome fruit: apple, principal types
Configuration of the continents. 41 of pome fruits
Fleshy fruits : citrus fruits. 69
Ocean floor. 42
Section of a citrus fruit: orange, major types of
Wave. 43
citrus fruits
Common coastal features. 43
Dry fruits : nuts. 70
Clouds and meteorological symbnis. 44
Section of a hazelnut, section of a walnut, ma/or
Volcano. 45
types of nuts
Earthquake. 45
Various dry fruits. 71
Mountain. 46
Section of a follicle star anise, section of a
Cave. 46
legume : pea, section of a silique : mustard, sec¬
Desert. 47 tion of a capsule: poppy, section of a grain of
Glacier. 48 wheat
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Table of Contents
Tropical fruits. 72 Teeth. 115
Major types of tropical fruits Cross section of a molar, human denture
Vegetables. 73 Blood circulation. 116
Fruit vegetables, inflorescent vegetables, leaf Schema of circulation, heart, principal veins and
vegetables, section of a bulb, bulb vegetables, arteries
tuber vegetables, root vegetables, stalk vegeta¬ Respiratory system, lungs. 118
bles, seed vegetables Digestive system. 119
Urinary system. 120
ANIMAL KINGDOM . 79 Nervous system. 121
Deer family. 81 Peripheral nervous system, central nervous sys-
Deer antlers, kinds of deer tem, medullar axis of lumbar vertebra
Types of jaws. 82 Sense organs: sight. 123
Carnivore’s jaw: leopard, rodent's jaw: beaver, Eye, eyeball
herbivore's jaw: horse Sense organs: hearing. 124
Horse. 83 External ear, internal and middle ear
Morphology, skeleton, hoof, plantar surface of Sense organs: smell. 125
the hoof, horseshoe External nose, nasal fossae, sense of smell and
Cat. 86 taste
Head, foreleg, retracted claw, extended claw Sense organs: taste. 126
Bird. 87 Mouth, dorsum of tongue
Morphology, wing, contour feather, principal Sense organs: touch. 127
types of bills, principal types of feet, egg Skin, sensory impulse
Fish. 90 Neuron. 127
Morphology, gills, anatomy
Skin. 128
Butterfly. 92
Nail . 129
Caterpillar, pupa, butterfly
Hair. 129
Univalve shell . 93
Family ties. 130
Bivalve shell. 93
FOOD. 133
Left valve, dorsal view
Herbs. 135
Mollusk. 94
Pasta. 136
Oyster, principal edible mollusks
Crustacean. 95 Bread. 138
Lobster, principal edible crustaceans Veal. 139
Gastropod. 96 North American cut. Parisian cut
Snail, principal edible gastropods Beef. 140
Batrachian. 97 North American cut, Parisian cut
Frog, life cycle of the frog, skeleton of the Pork. 142
hindlimb North American cut. Parisian cut
Honeybee. 98 Lamb. 143
Worker, queen, drone, hind legs of the worker, North American cut. Parisian cut
hive, honeycomb section North American cheeses. 144
Bat. 100 French cheeses. 144
Reptile. 101 Desserts. 146
Venomous snake's head, turtle FARM. 149
Buildings. 151
HUMAN BEING . 103
Agricultural machinery. 152
Cell . 105
ARCHITECTURE. 157
Plant cell, animal cell
Traditional houses. 159
Human body. 106
Architecture styles. 160
Anterior view, posterior view
Doric order, ionic order, corinthian order, column
Genital organs, male. 108
base
Sagittal section, spermatozoon
Greek temple. 161
Genital organs, female. 109
Basic plan of the Greek temple
Sagittal section, anterior view
Arches. 162
Breast, sagittal section. 109
Semicircular arch, types of arches
Muscles. 110
Roman house. 163
Anterior view, posterior view
Gothic cathedral. 164
Skeleton. 112
Cathedral, plan, fapade, vault
Anterior view, posterior view
Vauban fortification. 166
Osteology of skull. 114
Castle. 167
Lateral view, anterior view, superior view, inferior
view Downtown. 168
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