Small inventions that make a big difference photographs by Joseph H. Bailey ; art by John Huehnergarth.
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TextSeries: Books for world explorersPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c1984Description: 104 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN: 0870444980 :; 0870445030 (lib. bdg.) :Subject(s): Inventions -- Juvenile literature | Inventors -- Juvenile literature | Inventions | Inventors | PlasticsDDC classification: 608 LOC classification: T212 | .S63 1984Summary: Describes how inventors think and work, explains how one invention--plastic--has changed the world, and briefly discusses seventy-five other important inventions, from the jet engine to the potato chip.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | J 608 BAIL (Browse shelf) | Available | 30097 |
Accompanied by "The patent game" (1 sheet [2] p. : col. ill. ; 75 x 49 cm. folded to 25 x 19 cm.).
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 101.
Describes how inventors think and work, explains how one invention--plastic--has changed the world, and briefly discusses seventy-five other important inventions, from the jet engine to the potato chip.
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