Research Catalog

Title

The ladder of clouds / compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project, Work Projects Administration, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Author

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Publication

Chicago : Albert Whitman & Co., 1939.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hausmann, John F., Jr.
• Brown, Ethelbert, 1870-1946
• Cain, David, active 1939-1940
• Albert Whitman & Company, publisher.
• Federal Writers' Project (Pa.)

Description

44 pages : illustrations (including 1 color on double leaves); 19 cm.

Summary

"In The ladder of clouds are explained in simple and informal language the fundamental, scientific facts which cause the formation of clouds. The four large classifications of clouds--cirrus, cumulus, nimbus, and stratus--are carefully described. Special attention is given to the formation of rain, sleet, hail, and snow."--Inside front flap of dust jacket

Series Statement

Children's science series ; [1]

Subject

• Clouds > Juvenile literature
• Clouds

Genre/Form

• Juvenile works.
• Juvenile literature – Illinois – Chicago – 1939.
• Dust jackets – Illinois (State) – Chicago – 1939.

Note

• "Junior Press Books."
• "The ladder of clouds is the first in a series of children's science books prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of Pennsylvania. This book was written by John F. Hausmann, Jr ... Illustrations are by Ethelbert Brown and the cover design [dust jacket] by David Cain, staff artists"--Note (page 7)
• "In The ladder of clouds are explained in simple and informal language the fundamental, scientific facts which cause the formation of clouds. The four large classifications of clouds--cirrus, cumulus, nimbus, and stratus--are carefully described. Special attention is given to the formation of rain, sleet, hail, and snow."--Inside front flap of dust jacket

Binding (note)

• Copy in Rare Books 23-882 bound in publisher's blue cloth; with original dust jacket.

Call Number

Rare Books 23-882

OCLC

1736372

Author

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Title

The ladder of clouds / compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project, Work Projects Administration, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Publisher

Chicago : Albert Whitman & Co., 1939.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Children's science series ; [1]

Binding

Copy in Rare Books 23-882 bound in publisher's blue cloth; with original dust jacket. NN

Added Author

Hausmann, John F., Jr., author.

Brown, Ethelbert, 1870-1946, illustrator.

Cain, David, active 1939-1940, designer of dust jacket.

Albert Whitman & Company, publisher.

Federal Writers' Project (Pa.)

Other Form:

Online version: Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Ladder of clouds. Albert Whitman & company, 1939 (OCoLC)613155291

Research Call Number

Rare Books 23-882