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DK Eyewitness Books: Invention
Lionel Bender
其他書名
Invention
出版
DK Publishing
, 2005-04-11
主題
Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / General
ISBN
0756653495
9780756653491
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=pmR_1Gz9Sy0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Relaunched with 8 pages of expanded text! A unique and fascinating introduction to the amazing variety of inventions, both ancient and modern: from simple machines such as wheels, gears, pulleys, and levers,
Eyewitness Invention
charts the developments of weights and measures, writing utensils, early watcges, and navigation aids. The microscope and telescope are featured, as well as a model windmill and an internal combustion engine sliced through to show the mechanism inside. Finally, there are the inventions that have revolutionized the modern era from telephones and radios to television and plastics. See the first food mixer, what Galileo''s telescope looked like,and the earliest photographs ever taken. Learn how the first records were made and how surgical operations were performed in the 19th century. Discover what makes a clock tick, how early airplanes flew, why a battery produces electricity, and much, much more! Discover the fascinating story behind amazing inventions and learn how they have changed the world.