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    Inventions / Glenn Murphy.
    by Murphy, Glenn.
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    Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2009.
    Call #:600 M978i
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  • Inventions -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Inventions -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Insiders (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
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    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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