| Description |
61 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
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Includes timeline (p. 56-57) |
| Contents |
Finding a better way -- Lens: Seeing is believing -- Lights, camera, action -- Famous Inventors -- Steam engine: Steam engine -- Powering a Revolution -- Fantastic inventions -- Light bulb and the generator: Let there be light -- Power to the people -- Fascinating firsts -- Internal combustion engine: On the road -- By land , sea, and air -- Fabulous flops -- Transistor: Super-duper computer -- Let's all communicate -- Future -- Gunpowder: Powder power -- Off with a bang -- Timeline. |
| Summary |
Introduces inventions that have significantly impacted civilization, from the lens and the steam engine to the light bulbs and motor-powered vehicles. |
| Subject |
Inventions -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Inventions -- History.
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| Added Author |
Lazar, Ralph.
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McLeod, Jilly.
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| ISBN |
0756620775 |
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9780756620776 |
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