Bender, Lionel. creator text nyu New York DK Pub. 2013 Rev. ed., American ed. monographic eng

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72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. Photographs and text explore such inventions as the wheel, gears, levers, clocks, telephones, and rocket engines. 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. juvenile written by Lionel Bender. At head of title: Eyewitness. Includes index. Inventions Juvenile literature Technology Juvenile literature Inventions Technology T48 .B46 2013 609 BEN 9781409325512 1465409025 2013443881 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1501/2013443881-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1501/2013443881-d.html CO2 140826 20200103124539.0 18280905 eng