De Sola, Ralph 1908-1993

Overview

Works:	96 works in 492 publications in 2 languages and 9,352 library holdings
Genres:	Dictionaries Music Criticism, interpretation, etc Tables (Data) Biographies Guidebooks Pictorial works Terminology Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Conversion tables
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other, Arranger, Bibliographic antecedent, Photographer
Classifications:	PE1693, 423.1

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Ralph De Sola

Freethinker, 80, makes reason his "religion" by Robert Di Veroli( Book )

Most widely held works by Ralph De Sola

Abbreviations dictionary by Ralph De Sola( Book )

176 editions published between 1900 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,690 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This new international seventh edition contains over 250,000 entries (23,000 of them are new to this edition) of abbreviations, acronyms, appellations, contractions, eponyms, geographic equivalents, initials and slang shortcuts. It covers such vastly diverse topics as computer jargon, earthquake data, English grammar and usage, international conversions, medical terminology, wedding anniversaries and postal coding. New addenda to this edition include euphemisms, British and Irish county abbreviations, dysphemistic place names, international vehicle license letters, prisons of the world and their toponyms, and much else. The dictionary is a current and easily accessible resource for locating some of the most elusive and confusing elements in our language. ISBN 0-444-00807-1: $47.50 (For use only in the library)

Crime dictionary by Ralph De Sola( Book )

21 editions published between 1981 and 1988 in 3 languages and held by 1,284 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Defines 10,000 terms dealing with the legal and illegal sides of crime

American wild life, illustrated by N.Y.) Writers' Program (New York( Book )

12 editions published between 1940 and 1956 in English and Undetermined and held by 477 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Abbreviations dictionary: abbreviations, acronyms, anonyms, contractions, initials and nicknames, short forms and slang shortcuts, signs and symbols, including astronomical constellations, stars, and symbols; automatic data-processing abbreviations for zip-coded mail; chemical element symbols, atomic numbers, discovery data; civil and military time systems compared; diacritical and punctuation marks; Greek alphabet; international civil aircraft markings; international radio alphabet and code; numbered abbreviations; proofreader's marks; Roman numerals; ship's bell time signals; signs and symbols frequently used; weather symbols: Beaufort scale; zodiacal signs by Ralph De Sola( Book )

15 editions published between 1958 and 1969 in English and held by 461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Abbreviations dictionary, abbreviations, acronyms : contractions, signs & symbols defined ... by Ralph De Sola( Book )

19 editions published between 1958 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 411 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Worldwide what & where : geographic glossary & traveller's guide by Ralph De Sola( Book )

11 editions published between 1975 and 1977 in English and Undetermined and held by 371 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Abbreviations dictionary : abbreviations, contractions, signs & symbols defined, including the Greek alphabet, international civil aircraft markings, numbered abbreviations, proofreader's marks, punctuation and diacritical marks, radio alphabet, roman numerals, ship's bell time signals, signs and symbols / by Ralph De Sola by Ralph De Sola( Book )

19 editions published between 1958 and 1975 in English and Undetermined and held by 264 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The art of music and other essays = (A travers chants) by Hector Berlioz( Book )

3 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This new translation, phrased in lively, idiomatic English and annotated for the twentieth-century reader, is illustrated with lithographs and drawings from Berlioz's lifetime. Berlioz's writings are a treasure-house of information on nineteenth-century musical life, performance practice, and taste

A dictionary of cooking : approximately eight thousand definitions of culinary ingredients, methods, terms, and utensils by Ralph De Sola( Book )

6 editions published between 1969 and 1971 in English and held by 174 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Who's who in the zoo : natural history of mammals by N.Y.) Federal Writers' Project (New York( Book )

11 editions published between 1937 and 1965 in English and held by 173 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Descriptions of animals likely to be found in zoos

Microfilming by Ralph De Sola( Book )

8 editions published in 1944 in English and Undetermined and held by 156 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Discusses microfilming's purpose and uses and specifics of microfilm

International conversion tables by Stephen Naft( Book )

25 editions published between 1961 and 1965 in 3 languages and held by 133 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

For more than thirty years, INTERNATIONAL CONVERSION TABLES has been recognized in America as a classic in its field, acknowledged to be the most comprehensive ready-reference book for practical use in international commerce, industry and engineering. This new edition has been extensively revised. Various British and American conversion factors and equivalents have been brought up to date, and the book has been adapted for British users by the addition and incorporation of many values in British units. Key passages, the introduction, list of contents and index of tables are given in French, Spanish, Italian and German, and the conversion tables are all subheaded in French and Spanish. The scope of the book is wide. It includes, besides simple and compound conversion factors and tables, information about special measures used in various industries, commerce and engineering - such as electrical units, sheet metal and wire gauges, drill sizes, screw threads, paper and book measures, and the measurement of power, work, heat, pressures and stresses

Abbreviations dictionary : abbreviations, acronyms, airlines, appellations, astronomical terminology ... by Ralph De Sola( Book )

14 editions published between 1986 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 47 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Who's who in the zoo; natural history of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians by N.Y.) Federal Writers' Project (New York( Book )

3 editions published between 1938 and 1939 in English and held by 45 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Abbreviations dictionary by Ralph De Sola( )

in English and held by 42 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Geographic glossary & traveller's guide by Ralph De Sola( Book )

1 edition published in 1975 in English and held by 38 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

American wild life by N.Y.) Writers' Program (New York( Book )

4 editions published between 1940 and 1946 in English and Undetermined and held by 30 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Abbreviations dictionary : abbreviations, acronyms, anonyms ... by Ralph De Sola( Book )

9 editions published between 1974 and 1983 in English and Undetermined and held by 29 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Abbreviations dictionary : abbreviations, acronyms, anonyms, appellations, computer terminology, contractions, criminalistic and data-processing terms, eponyms, geographical equivalents, government agencies, historical, musical, and mythological characters, nations of the world, initialisms, medical and military terms, nicknames, ports of the world, short forms, shortcuts, signs and symbols, slang, superlatives, winds of the world, zip coding, zodiacal signs by Ralph De Sola( Book )

1 edition published in 1981 in English and held by 24 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

International conversion tables; weights, measures, gauges, currencies, conversion equivalents and factors, technical units, alphabets [and] other useful information by Stephen Naft( Book )

11 editions published between 1961 and 1965 in English and held by 24 WorldCat member libraries worldwide