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Author Bailey, Gerry, 1945-

Title Powerful machines / by Gerry Bailey.

Publication Info. Pleasantville, NY : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2009.

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 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J621.8 BAI    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J621.8 BAI    Check Shelf
Description 32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Series Simply science powerful machines
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Powerful Machines 4 -- Simple Machines 6 -- Animal Power 8 -- Push Power 10 -- The Cotton Gin 12 -- Nature's Machine 14 -- Spring Power 16 -- Engines for Machines 18 -- A Giant of a Machine 20 -- Land, Sea, and Air Movers 22 -- Electric Machines 24 -- Working With Atoms 26 -- The Robot 28 -- Powerful Machines Quiz 30.
Summary Discusses machines ranging from simple wedges and pulleys to electron microscopes and robots that build cars.
Subject Machinery -- Juvenile literature.
Machinery. (OCoLC)fst01004959
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN 9781433900358 (lib. bdg.)
1433900351 (lib. bdg.)
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