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Term

Alphabet wheels

Hierarchy

[Purpose of work]

SN

Use for teaching devices, whether individual or in books, consisting of a circular wheel printed with bearing alphabet letters mounted beneath a sheet with a cut-out.

UF

Wheels, alphabet

BT

[Instructional works]

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RT

HN

Candidate term June 09

Warrant

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Comments

Term

Alphabet wheels
 
 

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Submitted by                                  

Jeff Baton (jpbarton@princeton.edu)

AAT (mandatory)

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GMGPC (mandatory)

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GSAFD (mandatory)

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MIM (mandatory)

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Webster’s 3rd new int’l dict. of the English language (mandatory)

There are definitions for “alphabet” and for “wheel,” but nothing for “alphabet wheel.”

OED

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Term as found in source/hierarchical displays/definitions, other sources, &c.

Catalog  record with term: Improved Moveable Alphabet: [London?] : col. ill. ; [ca. 1830?]

Mason-Browne, Jane.  Alphabet Wheel.

Halifax, N.S. : Peachtree and Finch Graphic Design, 2002.

(Cover title./ Book opens from left to right and unfolds to look like a hand-held fan. Each letter is represented in capital and small form, braille and American Sign Language with a corresponding picture of an object or concept that starts with that letter)

WorldCat also has two other examples of alphabet books with an alphabet wheel

Lots of alphabet wheels on the Internet for sale

Comments

Proposed June 09

Editorial team member & date

Bruce Tabb 22 June 09