| Record Type: |
Language materials, printed
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Inventions // Glenn Murphy. |
| Author: |
Murphy, Glenn. |
| Published: |
New York :Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, : 2009, c2008., |
| Description: |
64 p. :col. ill. ;27 cm. |
| Notes: |
Originally published: Sydney, NSW : Weldon Owen, 2008. |
| Series: |
Insiders |
| [NT 15003449]: |
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. |
| Subject: |
Inventions - Juvenile literature. - |
| ISBN: |
9781416938651 |