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Title:

The ages of steam and electricity / edited by Briony Ryles and Derek Hall.

Publisher:

Brown Bear Books,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

Technology--History--19th century.
Technology--History--20th century.
Inventions--History--19 th century.
Inventions--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Ryles, Briony.
Hall, Derek, 1930-

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Water turbines -- Iron and steel -- The Great Exhibition -- Genetics and Mendel -- The electric telegraph -- Telephones -- Submarines -- The periodic table -- Mapping the moon and mars -- Germs and disease -- The internal combustion engine -- Sources of electricity -- The invention of radio -- Elusive electrons -- The first automobiles -- Airships -- Airplanes -- Capturing sound -- Plastics -- Timelines -- Glossary.

Series:

Curriculum connections

ISBN:

1933834862
9781933834863 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2009029600

Locations:

TNPD062 -- Belle Plaine Community Library (Belle Plaine)

VPPC384 -- Kling Memorial Library (Grundy Center)