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Author:

Jones, Charlotte Foltz.

Title:

Mistakes that worked / by Charlotte Foltz Jones ; illustrated by John O'Brien.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Doubleday,

Copyright Date:

1991

Description:

78 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Inventions--Juvenile literature.
Inventions.

Other Authors:

O'Brien, John, 1953- ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

Presents the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, frisbees, silly putty, and velcro.

ISBN:

9780385262460
0385262469

LCCN:

89037408

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