Invention, written by Lionel Bender ; [special photography, Dave King]
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Invention, written by Lionel Bender ; [special photography, Dave King]
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Invention
Nature of contents
catalogs
Oclc number
855241545
Responsibility statement
written by Lionel Bender ; [special photography, Dave King]
Series statement
DK eyewitness books
Summary
Photographs and text explore such inventions as the wheel, gears, levers, clocks, telephones, and rocket engines
Table of contents
What is an invention? -- The story of an invention -- Tools -- The wheel -- Metalworking -- Weights and measures -- Pen and ink -- Lighting -- Timekeeping -- Harnessing power -- Printing -- Optical inventions -- Calculating -- The steam engine -- Navigation and surveying -- Spinning and weaving -- Batteries -- Photography -- Medical inventions -- The telephone -- Recording -- The internal combustion engine -- Movies -- Radio -- Inventions in the home -- The cathode ray tube -- Flight -- Plastics -- The silicon chip -- did you know? -- Timeline of inventions
Target audience
adolescent
resource.variantTitle
Eyewitness invention
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