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Bender, Lionel.

Invention / Eyewitness invention written by Lionel Bender. - Rev. ed., American ed. - New York : DK Pub., 2013. - 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. - DK eyewitness books . - DK eyewitness books. .

At head of title: Eyewitness. Includes index.

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 -- Find out more.

Photographs and text explore such inventions as the wheel, gears, levers, clocks, telephones, and rocket engines.

ISBN: 9781409325512 1465409025

LCCN: 2013443881

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Inventions--Juvenile literature.
Technology--Juvenile literature.
Inventions.
Technology.

LC Class. No.: T48 / .B46 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 609 BEN