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Murphy, Glenn.
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Inventions -- Juvenile literature.
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Murphy, Glenn.
Inventions -- Juvenile literature.
Inventions -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Inventions
/ Glenn Murphy.
by
Murphy, Glenn.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Call #:
600 M978i
Subjects
Inventions
-- Juvenile literature.
Inventions
-- History -- Juvenile literature.
Series
Insiders (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
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Publisher description
ISBN:
9781416938651 (hbk.)
1416938656 (hbk.)
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
64 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Originally published: Sydney, NSW : Weldon Owen, 2008.
Includes index.
Contents:
What is an invention? -- Timeline of invention -- The first inventors -- It's revolutionary: wheel -- With the wind: sail -- Keeping time: clock -- Putting wind to work: windmill -- Spreading the word: printing press -- The universe revealed: telescope -- Powering the modern age: engine -- Capturing the moment: camera -- Transport on track: train -- Sound ideas: music player -- Making electricity: power station -- Keeping connected: telephone -- Deep diver: submarine -- Freedom machine: automobile -- Lighter than air: airship -- Taking to the skies: airplane -- Across the airwaves: radio and TV -- Quick thinking: computer -- Out of this world: rocket -- Kindest cuts: surgery -- Access control: lock and key -- Better bodies: bionics -- Wired world: Internet.
Summary:
A brief history of mankind's greatest
inventions
, from the first firemaking implements to the Internet.
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Woodlawn Public Library
Children's Nonfiction
600 M978i
Childrens Books
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