Zim, Herbert Spencer

Pictures of 140 common trees, identifying their leaves, fruit, form, range, and uses.

A guide to approximately 200 of the most commonly viewed American wildflowers, with 134 color paintings. Flowers are grouped by color.

Describes the three types of lifting machines, the jobs they are designed to do, and the duties of the men who operate them.

Includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, and sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

Includes information on collecting and identifying minerals, and sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

Guide to familiar American birds, with pictures, habitat study, and geographical locations.

Sections on turtles, lizards, snakes, alligators and crocodiles, frogs and toads, and salamanders give information on description, habits and range for each species common in the United States.

Describes the research of scientists to determine the nature of ocean waves resulting from tides, earthquakes and volcanoes.

A guide to 458 species of animals and plants found along the seashore includes algae, flowering plants, worms,sponges, starfish, anthropods, shellfish, and birds.