A dense, four-column table: "World Production of Ferrous Metals, 1957-1958." It lists the USSR, USA, West Germany, China, and the UK. Steel output is measured in millions of metric tons. A footnote reads: "Soviet figures are estimates based on available state publications."
Owning a physical 1959 Britannica set is the gold standard (check eBay, estate sales, or Abebooks; prices range from $80 to $400 depending on condition). However, you can view page 849 digitally: Encyclopaedia Britannica -1959- Volume 15 Page 849
In 1959, if you wanted to win an argument, you didn’t Google it. You walked to the bookshelf, pulled the heavy red volume, and turned to page 849. That page, whatever it said, was the final word. Today, we have infinite pages, infinitely mutable. That is liberating—but we lose the weight, the finality, the physical certainty of a single bound volume. A dense, four-column table: "World Production of Ferrous