Inventions / Glenn Murphy.
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TextLanguage: English Series: UnsidersPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2008.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 64 p. col. ill. 28 cmISBN: - 9781416938651
- 1416938656
- Inventions
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GESM Library Main Library | English Non-Fiction Grade School | ENC 600 MUR | Available | 05/03/2021 | E0006761 |
Originally published: Sydney, NSW : Weldon Owen, 2008. - Includes index
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
A brief history of mankind's greatest inventions, from the first firemaking implements to the Internet
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