
# Finding Out Indicies
# 1962 -1967
# Scanned/edited by Andrew Davison, ad@coe.psu.ac.th, April 2025

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# Contents, Volumes 1 and 2

George Stephenson, 164
Conquest of Everest,  174
Galileo,  208
The Curies,  245
Marconi,  294
Marco Polo,  302
Leonardo da Vinci, 324
Louis Pasteur,  367
Geoffrey Chaucer,  398
Christopher Columbus, 489
Ferdinand Magellan, 525
Portuguese sailors, 549
Sir Alexander Fleming, 558
Auguste Piccard, 568

Making a picture 1, 16
Making a picture 2, 28
How to get depth in a  picture, 52
How to get depth in a picture 2,  88
Light in a picture, 100
What is colour? 134
Black and white, 150
Water colour, 184
Water colour 2, 231
Poster colour,  280
Starting in oils,  304
Painting flowers,  348
A landscape in oils,  376
Texture painting,  424
Crayon and pastel, 470
Paintings from the past, 508
Pictures without paint,  562

Words, commas, sentences, idioms, 6
Understanding words, 31
Special meanings, 55
Jumbled sentences, 77
Analogies and reasons,  78
The alphabet,  115
Understanding words and, jumbled sentences,  127
Write better English 1, 153
Write better English 2, 177
Write better English 3, 202
Write better English 4, 226
Write better English 5, 250
Write better English 6, 274
Write better English 7, 298
Write better English 8, 322
Can you spell? 346
More spelling hints, 370
Conversations, 394
Conversations 2,  418
Commas,  442
Some funny verses, 466
More rhymes, 490
Write about animals, 514
More punctuation, 538

Australia,  22
Nigeria, 46
India, 70
Switzerland,  94
United States 1, 118
United States 2, 142
Brazil, 166
Norway, 190
Scandinavia,  214
Uganda, 238
Japan,  262
Japan 2,  286
England's south coast, 310
Guatemala, 334
By sea to London, 358
The Pacific Ocean,  383
Volcanoes, 406
New Zealand,  430
Ethiopia,  454
Ceylon, 478
Coral islands, 502
What time is it in Russia? 526
Away from the ocean, 550
The river Volga, 574

Land of the Pharaohs, 2
Ancient Greece, 26
China 2,000 years ago, 50
Ancient Britain, 74
How Rome grew,  110
The Roman Empire,  122
Christendom, 146
Invaders of Britain,  170
Invaders of Britain 2, 195
Invaders of Britain 3, 218
Muhammad, 242
The Crusades, 266
Learning from Islam,  290
The Mongols, 314
The Plantagenets,  338
Monks and friars,  362
Castles,  386
The Aztecs,  410
Edward and the Welsh, 434
Scotland's freedom, 458
The 100 Years War, 482
Joan of Arc, 506
Tales from history, 530
Building cathedrals,  554

Electric lamps,  472
Burglar alarms,  560

Glass,  12
Salt, 36
Pottery, 60
Cotton, 84
Rubber, 108
Sugar,  132
Tin, 156
Cocoa,  180
Timber, 204
Iron and steel,  300

Finding out about numbers, 10
Numbers at work,  34
Triangles at work,  58
Circles, 82
What is symmetry? 106
Fun with mathematics,  130
Bits and pieces, 182
Bits and pieces 2,  206
Look and see, 254
Make a diagram,  273
Make a diagram 2, 297
What is an average? 326
All about area,  350
More about area, 393
More about area, 417
More about area, 436
How big is it? 465
Volume, 495
What is a series? 540

The breath of life, 8
The wonderful world of nature,  14
Animals in a changing world, 38
What is blood? 44
Bones and muscles,  68
Digestion, 80
Elephants, 92
What is a plant? 98
Our hands, 117
Life in the sea, 124
Only skin deep,  140
Life in the sea 2,  148
Food, 161
Speaking,  188
Dolphins,  197
How we hear,  232
All about bats,  246
How we see, 252
A visit from the doctor,  270
Flowers and bees, 276
How whales live, 293
Tame and wild pigs, 318
Our hair,  342
The camel, 345
Where do they go? 372
How messages travel, through your body, 390
Paths of birds,  400
Insect travellers,  414
Feet, 416
Fish travellers, 446
A glass of milk, 464
The journeys of salmon, 468
Mammals on the move, 484
Keeping warm, 501
Scavenger birds, 516
Pet cats,  532
The big cats, 556

Measuring hot and cold,  9
The law of gravity, 40
The first magnet,  64
Light and shadow,  86
Steam, water and ice, 112
Expansion and contraction,  136
Sound and vibrations, 158
The air around us, 175
Electricity at rest, 198
What air is made of, 209
Mirrors, 222
Why a ship floats, 333
Air and water, 341
A ship's compass, 368
Rainbow colours, 405
Millions of atoms!, 423
What causes rust?, 438
What is a metal?, 561

Finding out about rocks, 542

The sun and the planets, 21
Our earth, 41
The sun, 57
The moon, 79
The tides, 113
The red planet, 125
Mercury and Venus, 159
The outer planets, 189
Comets, 213
Shooting stars, 249
Star patterns, 268
The Pole Star, 296
A huge telescope, 381
Satellites, 422
The Milky Way, 462
Into space!, 486
Summing up on astronomy, 511

People of the world, 4
People of Malaya, 33
Living in America, 62
Living in Israel, 93
The people of Ghana, 129
People of the USSR, 207
People of Italy, 237
People of Norway, 244
Living in Japan, 340
People of Peru, 374
Living in Australia, 388
People of Argentina, 412
The United Nations, 448
The United Nations 2, 496
Living in Kuwait, 520
The Olympic Games, 544

Delhi, 105
Singapore, 165
Tokyo, 225
London, 256
San Francisco, 279
Johannesburg, 292
Istanbul, 321
Mexico City, 357
Cairo, 429
Moscow, 441
Hong Kong, 477


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# Index, Volumes 1 and 2

Abacus, 291
Aborigines, 24, 388
Abyssinia, 454
Abyssinian cat: see Cats
Achilles, 141, 421, 518, 564-565
Achilles tendon, 141
Adarn's apple, 140
Afrikaners, 292
Agamemnon, 396, 492, 518
Agincourt, 483, 504
Agricola, 122
Air, 175, 209, 341, 438
Air passages, 8
Air pressure, 175
Akbar, 105
Albatross, 502
Alexander III, 458
Alfred, King, 195
Alhambra, The, 267
Alimentary canal, 80
Alpenhorn, 96
Aluminium, 214, 561
Alveoli, 8
Amazon, river, 166-167
America: see U.S.A
Angel fish, 38, 124
Angles, 170-171, 195
Anglesey, 434
Anglo-Saxon, 434
Annealing, 13
Anthers, 276
Anvil bone, 232
Aphrodite, 397, 421, 492-493
Apollo, 397, 421
Arabia, Ancient, 242-243, 266-267, 290-291
Arabic numerals, 290-291
Arabs, 242-243, 266-267, 290-291, 319, 321, 429, 520-521
Arches, 555
Architecture, classical, 27
Arctic Circle, 190
Area, 350, 393, 417, 436
Argentina, 412
Arteries, 44-45
Astrakhan, 574
Astronomy, 381, 5II
Asymmetry, 17, 28
Athena, 26, 421
Athens, 26-27
Atoll, 502
Atoms, 423
Auckland, 430-431
Auguste, 228-229
Augustine, 171
Augustus, III
Auricle, 45
Australia, 22-24, 388
Averages, 326-327
Axis, 296
Aztecs, 181, 357, 410-411, 432

# B
Bacchus, 397
Bacteria, 261, 367, 558
Bailey (castle), 386-387
Baliol, John, 458
Baltic Sea, 551
Bananas, 239
Bank of England, 257
Bannockburn, battle of, 459
Basalt, 542-543
Bathysphere, 569
Bats, 246-247
Bauxite, 214-215
Bayeux Tapestry, 219
Beachy Head, 310-311
Bear, Little, Great, 268
Becket, Thomas, 339, 360
Becquerel, 245
Bedouin, 93, 520-521
Beefeater, 256
Bees, 276-277
Benedict, 362
Bessemer, Henry, 300-301
Billingsgate Market, 256-257
Birds, migration, 372-373, 400-401, 446, 502
Birds, scavenger, 516-517
Black Sea, 550
Blast furnace, 300-301
Blood, 8, 44-45
Boadicea, 144
Boar, wild, 318-319
Bokhara, 315
Boll, cotton, 84-85
Bones, 68-69
Bounty, H.M.S., 383
Brain, 69, 390-391
Brasilia, 168
Brass, 561
Brazil, 166-168
Breach (castle), 387
Breathing, 8
Brine, 37
Britain, Ancient, 74, 195, 218-219
Bronze, 561
Bronze Age, 75
Bruce, Robert, 459, 480
Buddha, 340
Buenos Aires, 412
Burglar alarm, 560
Butterflies, 415
Butterfly, Milkweed, 415
Butter-making, 431
Buttresses, 555
Byzantium, 267, 321

# C
Cactus, 99
Caernarvon Castle, 435
Caesar, Julius, 111, 122, 144, 311
Cairo, 429
California, 119
Camels, 345
Canals, 51
Canberra, 24, 388
Canterbury Cathedral, 171, 339
Canterbury Plains, 430-431
Canterbury Tales, 399
Capillaries, 8, 44-45
Capitol, The, Washington, 119-120
Carbohydrates, 160-161
Carbon dioxide, 8, 99
Caribou, 484-485
Carnivores, 80
Caspian Sea, 550
Castles, 386-387, 408, 434-435, 554-555
Cathedrals, 555
Cats, 532-533
Caustic soda, 36
Cells, 44
Centigrade, 9
Central America, 334
Ceylon, 478-479
Charcoal drawing, 150-151
Charles VI, 506
Charles VII, 506-507
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 398-399
Cheetah, 514, $57
Cheques, 291
China, Ancient, 50-51, 302-303, 314-315
Chiron, the Centaur, 420, 564
Chlorine, 37
Chlorophyll, 98
Christianity, 146-147, 266-267
Churches, architecture, 554-555
Circles, 82-83
Circumference, 82
Classical Age, 396
Claudius, 122
Clowns, 228-229
Clytemnestra, 492, 518
Coal, 142, 303, 542
Cocoa, 167, 180-181
Coconut palm, 479, 503
Cod, 446
Coffee, 167, 239
Coke, 301
Colours, 134-135
Columbus, Christopher, 489
Comets, 213
Compass, 51, 64, 368
Compounds, 341, 423
Condor, Andean, Californian, 517
Conifers, 99, 205, 215
Constantine, 147, 321
Constantinople, 321
Cook, Capt., 503
Copper, 423, 561
Coral islands, 502-503
Corona, 57
Corpuscles, 44
Cortes, Hernan, 432
Cotton cloth, 84-85, 287-290
Cotton growing, 85
Cougar: see Puma
Crayon drawing, 470-471
Crecy, battle of, 482-483
Crow, carrion, 516
Crow, hooded, 373
Crusades, 266-267, 290, 339, 386-387
Curies, Pierre and Marie, 245

# D
da Gama, Vasco, 549
Danelaw, 195
Danes, 195
Darby, Abraham, 301
da Vinci, Leonardo, 324-325
D.D.T., 37
Decorated windows, 555
Delhi, 72, 105
Demeter, 397
Democracy, 27
Diagrams, 254-255, 273
Diameter, 82-83
Diaz, Bartholomew, 549
Dictionary, 346-347
Digestion, 80
Dinosaur, 38
Dionysus, 397
Doctor, visit from, 270-271
Dodo, 39, 514
Dogs, looking after, 548
Dolphins, 197
Dominican friars, 363
Don, river, 575
Douglas, Sir William, 530-531
Dover, 310-311
Duke of Normandy, 218-219
Dyes, 135
Dyke, 567

# E
Ear, 232
Early English architecture, 555
Earth, 21, 40-41, 113, 526-527
Earthquakes, 225, 263, 279, 334
Easter Island carving, 384
Eclipse, 57, 87
Edinburgh Castle, 407, 530-531
Edward, the Confessor, 195, 218, 434, 458-459, 482
Edward IT, 459
Edward ITI, 398-399, 482, 531
Eels, 447
Egypt, Ancient, 2-3, 13, 57, 59, 533
Elbow, 140
Electricity, 143, 198-199, 214
Electric lamps, 472-473
Electron, 198
Elements, 561
Elephants, 92
Ellipses, 89
Elvers, 447
Enamelling, 563
England, south coast, 310-312
Equator, 526
Eritrea, 454
Ethelred the Unready, 195
Ethiopia, 454-456
Everest, Mt., 70, 174
Expansion, 136-137
Eye, 252-253
Eye-level, 53

# F
Fahrenheit, 9
Farming:$
  Ancient Britain, 74
  Ancient China, 50
  Ancient Egypt, 3
  Aztec, 410-411
  Guatemala, 335
  India, 71
  Israel, 93
  Japan, 286-287
  New Zealand, 431
  Nigeria, 47
  USA, 142-143
Fat, body, 345
Fats, 160-161
Feet, 416
Fieldfare, 373
Filament, 472
Fingers, 117
Finland, 215
Fiords, 190-191
Fish, 124, 446-447, 468
Fishing, 191, 287, 446-447
Fishing cat, 557
Fleming, Sir Alexander, 558
Fleur-de-lis, 482
Flint, 75
Flowers, 276-277
Fluorescent lamp, 473
Flying buttresses, 555
Food and Agricultural Organisation, 449, 496-497
Food chain, 124
Forests, 204, 215
Fractions, 182-183, 206
Francis of Assisi, 363
Fresco, 304, 508-509
Friars, 362-363
Fry, 446, 468
Fuji, Mt., 262-263
Funny-bone, 140
Furnace, blast, 300-301
Furnace, open-hearth, 301

# G
Gagarin, Yuri, 207
Galaxy, 462
Galileo, 208
Ganges, river, 70
Gas, 112
Gauchos, 412
Gauls, 75
Genghiz Khan, 314-315
Geologist, 543
Geology, 543
Germs, 261, 367
Ghana, 4, 129, 167, 180-181
Gimbals, 368
Glass, 12-13
Glass-blowing, 13
Gold, 279, 292
Golden Gate Bridge, 279
Gold-leaf, 509
Gondolier, 237
Gorki, 574-575
Gothic architecture, $55
Granada, 267
Granite, 542-543, 566-567
Gravity, 40, 486
Great Barrier Reef, 503
Great Bear, 268
Greater Horseshoe bat, 247
Great Wall of China, 51, 314-315
Greece, Ancient, 26-27, 198
Ground-nuts, 47
Guatemala, 334-335
Gull, herring, common, 517

# H
Hades, 397
Hadrian, Emperor, 122
Haemoglobin, 44
Haile Selassie, 456
Hair, 342
Hammer bone, 232
Hands, 117
Hannibal, r1o-111
Harold, King, 218-219
Hastings, battle of, 219
Hearing, 232
Heart, 44-45
Helen of Sparta, 492-493
Henry II, 338-339
Henry V, 483, 504, 506
Henry, the Navigator, 549
Hera, 397
Herbivores, 80
Hermes, 421
Hermione, 493
Herrings, 148, 191, 446
Hertz, 294
Hillary, Edmund, 174
Hindu numerals, 290-291
Holy Land, 267
Homer, 396
Honey, 133
Hong Kong, 477
Hundred Years War, 482-483, 531
Hydrophobia, 367

# I
Ice, 112
Iceberg, 333
Igneous rocks, 566-567
Iliad, 396
Immortals, 396
Impressionists, IOI
Incas, 374-375
India, 70-72
Indians (American), 62, 412
Ink drawings, 150-151
Inn, river, 95
Inoculation, 367
Inquisition (Rome), 208
Insects, 415
Intestine, 80-81
Invisible light, 560
Iris (flower), 99
Iris (eye), 252-253
Iron, 300-301, 438
Iron Age, 75, 300
Iron-ore, 301
Islam, 242, 266-267, 290-291, 429, 455
Israel, 93
Istanbul, 267, 321
Italy, 237
Jaguar, 556
James I, 459
Japan, 262-264, 286-288, 340
Jenner, 367
Jerusalem, 267, 290
Jesus, 146
Jews, 93
Joan of Arc, 506-507
Jodrell Bank, 294
Johannesburg, 292
John, King, 338-339
John of Gaunt, 398-399
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 346-347
Joints, 68-69
Jove (Roman god), 397
Julius Caesar, 111, 122, 144, 311
Jupiter (planet), 189
Jupiter (Roman god), 397

# K
Keep (castle), 386
Kelts, 468
Kennedy, President, 63
Kentish Flats, 359
Keratin, 416
Khrushchev, Nikita, 207
Kibbutz, 93
Kiln, 61
Kites (birds), 516
Knee-cap, 140
Koala bear, 529
Koch, Robert, 261
Kookaburra, 388
Koran, 243
Kremlin, 441
Krill, 293
Kuala Lumpur, 33
Kublai Khan, 302-303, 314-315
Kuwait, 520-521

# L
Lagos, 46, 48
Lamps: see Electric lamps
Landscape, 16-17
Lanugo, 342
Lapps, 216, 244
Large White (pig), 318-319
Larynx, 8, 140, 188
Last Supper, 324-325
Latex, 33, 108-109
Latin, 123
Lava, 406-407, 566-567
Law of Commutation, 34-35
Lead, 561
Leaning Tower of Pisa, 208
Leap year, 282
Lemmings, 485
Lens (eye), 252-253
Leonardo da Vinci, 324-325
Leopard, 557
Leptocephali, 447
Light, 86-87, 222-223, 252, 381
Light, in painting, 100-101, 135
Light years, 511
Lima, 374-375
Limestone, 300, 542
Lion, 556
Liquids, 112
Lister, 367
Little Bear, 268
Llama (herdsman), 375
Llewelyn, Welsh chief, 434
Locusts, 414-415
Lodestone, 64, 368
London Bridge, 359, 435
London, port, 256-257, 358-359
Longbow, 482-483, 504
Long-eared bat, 246-247
Lubber line, 368
Lungs, 8
Lynx, 557

# M
Magellan, Ferdinand, 525
Magna Carta, 339
Magnet, 64, 368
Magnetic needles, 368
Mahogany, 205
Maize, 142
Malaria, 335
Malaya, 33, 156-157
Mammals, 197, 246, 293, 464, 485
Man, early, 300
Maple tree, 132
Marconi, Guglielmo, 294
Marco Polo, 302-303
Margaret, Maid of Norway, 458, 480
Mars, 125
Mauna Loa, Mt., 406
Mayas, 335
Mecca, 242-243
Menelaus, 396, 492-493, 518-519
Mercury (planet), 21, 159, 561
Mercury (Roman god), 421
Mestizos, 412
Metals, 561
Meteors, 249
Mexico, 410-411
Mexico City, 357, 410
Michelangelo, 508-509
Microbes, 261
Migration:$
  birds, 372-373, 400-401, 446, 502
  fish, 446, 468
  insects, 414-415
  mammals, 485
Milk, 464
Milky Way, 462
Minerals, 160-161
Mirrors, 222-223, 381
Mississippi, river, 119
Mixtures, 341, 423
Mogul Golden Horde, 105
Mohammed: see Muhammad
Molecules, 423
Mona Lisa, 325
Monastery, 362-363
Monsoons, 70
Mongols, 302-303, 314-315, 336, 552
Monks, 362-363
Montezuma, 432
Moon, 21, 79, 113
Morse, 294
Mosaic, chalk, 453
Mosaics, 562
Moscow, 441, 575
Moslems, 105, 242-243, 266-267, 319, 321, 455, 521
Mosques, 242, 266, 321, 429
Mosquitoes, 335
Mould, 558
Muhammad, 242-243
Murmansk, 575
Mushrooms, 99
Muslim: see Moslems

# N
Napoleon, 441
Nature, 14-15
Nectar, 277
Negroes (American), 62
Neptune, 189
Neptune (Roman god), 397
Nereids, 420
Nervous system, 390-391
New Delhi, 72, 105
Newton, Isaac, 40
New York, 62-63, 118
New Zealand, 430-431
New Zealand art, 384
Nicostratus, 493
Nigeria, 46-48
Nile, 2, 238, 429, 454-455
Nitrogen, 209, 472
Nomads, 242-243, 266-267, 314-315
Norman castle, 386
Normandy, 195
Normans, 191, 218-219, 256, 386, 434
Norsemen, I91
North Cape, 190
North Pole, 41
Norway, I90-I911, 214-216, 219, 244

# O
Obsidian, 410
Octavian, 111
Odysseus, 492-493, 518-59, 565
Odyssey, 396
Offa, King, 434
Oil, 142, 520-521
Oil painting, 304-305, 348-349, 376-377
Oil, palm, 47
Oka, river, 574
Olympic Games, 545
Omnivorous, 80
Open-hearth furnace, 301
Optic nerve, 253
Orang-utan, 39, 539
Orchid, 99
Ore, 157
Orion, 268
Orion nebula, 381
Ovary (flowers), 276-277
Oyster-catcher, 373
Oxygen, 8, 99, 209, 423

# P
Pacific art, 384
Pacific Ocean, 382-383, 525
Palamedes, 518-519
Palm kernel oil, 47
Palomar, Mt., telescope, 381, 462
Pampas, 412
Panama Canal, 334
Panda, giant, 514
Paper cut-outs, 494
Paper-making, 215
Paracutin, Mt., 406
Paris of Troy, 421, 493, 518
Parr, 468
Parthenon, 26
Pastels, 470-471
Pasteur, Louis, 367
Pasteurisation, 367, 464
Patella, 140
Paul, St., 147
Pen and ink drawings, 151
Pencil drawings, 150
Penelope, 518
Penicillin, 558
Pentathlon, 545
Perspective, 52, 88-89
Perspiration, 345
Peru, 374-375
Petals, 276
Peter, St., 147
Peter the Great, 441
Petrel, Wilson's, 373
Pevensey Bay, 219
Pewter, 157
Pharaohs, 2-3
Philip, Capt. Arthur, 388
Photo-electric cell, 560
Piccard, Auguste, 568-569
Piccard, Jean, 569
Picts, 170, 192
Pig-iron, 301
Pigments, 135
Pigs, 318-319
Pisa Cathedral, 208
Pistil, 277
Pitcairn Island, 383
Pitch-blende, 245
Pizarro, Francisco, 374
Planets, 21, 40-41, 125
Plankton, 124, 148
Plantagenets, 338-339
Plants, 98-99, 276-277
Plasma, 44
Plateau, 567
Plimsoll line, 333
Pliny, 407
Plough (constellation), 268, 296
Plover, Golden, 502
Pluto, 21, 189
Pluto (Roman god), 397
Poitiers, battle of, 483
Pole Star, 296
Polo, Marco, 302-303, 489
Pollen, 276-277
Polydeuces, 492-493
Pompeii, 407
Pompey, III
Pope John, 237
Portcullis, 435
Port of London, 359
Poseidon, 397
Poster colour, 280-281
Pottery, 60
Pribilof Islands, 484-485
Printing, 51, 90
Prints, making, 494
Prism, 405
Protea, 99
Protective colouring, 38-39
Protein, 160-161
Pulse, 44
Puma, 556
Pumice, 567
Pupil (eye), 252
Pyramids, 3

# R
Rabies, 367
Radio, 294
Radium, 245
Raffles, Stamford, 165
Railway lines, 136-137
Railways, 164
Rainbow, 405
Raven, 516
Rayon, 205, 287
Red bat, 247
Red Fort, 105
Red Sea, 454
Redwing, 373
Reef, 502
Retina, 252-253
Rhine, river, 74, 95
Rhone, river, 95
Rice, 71, 286, 478-479
Richard the Lion Heart, 267, 338-339
Ringing, of birds, 372
Robin, 373
Rockets, 79, 422, 486
Rocket, 164
Rocks, 542-543, 566-567
Romanesque, 554-555
Roman numerals, 290-291
Romans, 13, 37, 11O-III, 122-123, 144, 146-147, 170, 256, 321, 359, 429
Rubber, 33, 108-109, 166-167
Rubber tree, 478-479
Rum, 133
Rushmore, Mt., 62
Russia: see U.S.S.R
Rust, 341, 438

# S
St. Francis of Assisi, 279, 363
St. Paul's Cathedral, 256
St. Peter's, Rome, 237
Saladin, 267, 429
Saliva, 80
Salmon, 468
Salt, 36-37
Samarkand, 315
Sampans, 477
San Francisco, 279
Sandstone, 542-543, 566-567
Santa Maria, 489
Santa Sophia, 321
Saracens, 429
Saree, sari, 72
Satellites, 422
Saturn, 189
Saxons, 170-171, 192, 195
Scandinavia, 214-216
Scavenger birds, 516-517
Scotland's fight for freedom, 458-459
Sea-anemone, 98
Seals, Alaskan fur, 484-485
Security Council, 448
Sedimentary rock, 566-567
Seeds, 276
Selassie: see Haile Selassie
Sepals, 276
Serval, 557
Shark, hammerhead, 124
Sheep, 430-431
Sherpas, 174
Ships, 312, 333, 358
Shooting stars, 249
Silk, 51, 287, 321
Silkworms, 51, 287
Singapore, 165
Sistine Chapel, 508
Skeleton, 68
Slag, 300
Smelting, 301
Snake Temple, 33
Soda, 36
Sodium lamp, 473
Solar flares, 57
Sound, 158, 232
South Pole, 41
Spaak, Paul H., 449
Space travel, 383, 422, 486
Spain (Moslems), 266-267
Sparta, 27
Spectrum, 405
Spelling, 346-347, 370-371
Sphinx, 429
Spinal cord, 390-391
Sponge, 98
Sputnik I, 422
Stained glass, 563
Stamens, 276-277
Star constellations, 268
Starlings, 373
Steam, 112
Stirrup bone, 232
Steel, 143, 300-301
Stephenson, George, 164
Stigma, 276-277
Stone Age, 75
Stonehenge, 75
Stratosphere, 568-569
Sugar, 132-133
Sun, 21, 41, 57
Sunflower, 98
Sunspots, 57
Supreme Soviet, 207
Swallows, 372-373
Sweat, 345
Sweden, 215
Switzerland, 94-96
Symmetry, 17, 106-107

# T
Tahiti, 383, 502-503
Tana, Lake, 455
Tartars, 441
Tea, 478
Teak, 205
Telemachus, 518-519
Telescope, 208, 381
Telstar, 422
Tempera, 304, 509
Temperature, body, 345
Temperature, 9, 21
Temple, Greek, 26-27
Tendons, 117
Tenochtitlan, 357
Tenzing, 174
Thames, tides, 358-359
Thames, navigation, 358-359
Thanet, 311
Thermometers, 9
Theseus, 396, 492
Thetis, 420, 564-565
Thorax, 8
Ticino, river, 95
Tides, 113
Tierra de] Fuego, 412
Tiger, 556
Tikal, 335
Timber, 204-205, 215, 263
Time, 526-527
Time-scales, 220, 576
Time zones, 527
Timur, 105
Tin, 33, 156-157, 438
Tobacco, 143
Tokyo, 225, 262-264
Tower Bridge, 358-359
Tower of London, 256, 386-387
Trachea, 8
Trees, 204-205, 215
Triangles, 11, 58-59
Trojan War, 396
Trygve Lie, 449
Tughlugabad, 105
Tungsten, 472
Tunny, 447
Turtles, 39
Tutankhamen, 3
Tyndareus, King, 492-493

# U
Uganda, 238-240
Ulnar nerve, 140
UNESCO, 497
UNICEF, 496
United Nations, 4, 279, 448-449, 496-497
United States of America, 62-63, 118-120, 142-143
Ural Mts., $27
Uranium, 245, 292
Uranus, 189
U.S.S.R., 207, 441, 526-527, 550-552, 574-575
U Thant, 449

# V
Vaccination, 367
Vampire bat, 246-247
Van Leeuwenhoek, Anthony, 261
Vanishing point, 52, 88-89
Vasco da Gama, 549
Vatican City, 237
Veins, 44-45
Venice, 237
Ventricle, 45
Venus (planet), 159
Venus (Roman goddess), 397
Venus fly-trap, 98
Verrocchio, 324
Vesuvius, Mt., 406-407
Victory, H.M.S., 310
Victoria, Lake, 238-239
Vikings, 192, 195
Viruses, 261
Vitamins, 160-161
Vocal cords, 188
Voice box, 140
Volcanoes, 263, 406-407, 566-567
Volga, river, 550, 574-575
Vultures, 516-517

# W
Wales, history, 434-435
Wallace, William, 458-459, 480
Warm-blooded, 501
Washington, D.C., 118-119
Water, 112, 341, 423, 438
Water colour, 184-185, 231, 281
Welsh, 195
Wessex, 195
Westminster Abbey, 218-219, 257, 399, 458, 555
Whale-catching, 191
Whales, 197, 293
Wheelbarrow, 51, 290
Wickham, Henry, 108-109
William, the Conqueror, 218-219, 310, 359, 386, 434
Windpipe, 8
Woden, 171
Wood, 204-205, 215
Wood-pulp, 205, 215
World Health Organisation, 4, 449, 497

# X
Xerxes, 26

# Y
Yams, 47
Yangtse, river, 50
Yarn, 85
Yellow river, 50

# Z
Zero, 291
Zeus, 397, 421
Zodiac, 268

