It was supplanted by their The New Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia: How It Works, a 28 volume set edited by Donald Clarke and Mark Dartford, published in 1987 () (OCLC 1333004714), and then republished in 28 volumes from 1989 to 1993 (),(OCLC 28822057).
The New Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia: How It Works, edited by Donald Clarke and Mark Dartford, was published in 1987 as a 28-volume set (OCLC 1333004714) and then republished from 1989 to 1993 in the same format (OCLC 28822057).