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Books in Inventors and Their Discoveries series

  • George Eastman and the Camera

    Monica L. Rausch

    Paperback (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 12, 2007)
    Describes the impact of the Eastman dry film camera and its development process on photography, especially for amateurs, and recounts the life and career of their inventor, George Eastman.
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  • George Eastman and the Camera

    Monica L Rausch

    Library Binding (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 1, 2007)
    Describes the impact of the Eastman dry film camera and its development process on photography, especially for amateurs, and recounts the life and career of their inventor, George Eastman.
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  • Thomas Edison and the Light Bulb

    Monica L. Rausch

    Paperback (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 12, 2007)
    Describes the impact of the light bulb and effective indoor electric lighting, and recounts the life and career of their inventor, Thomas A. Edison.
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  • The Wright Brothers and the Airplane

    Monica L Rausch

    Paperback (Weekly Reader Early Learning Library, Jan. 1, 2007)
    Supporting both the social studies and science curricula, this series introduces young readers to important inventors and their inventions. Students will learn about the lives of the inventors and the developments of the featured invention, including its impact on the way we live today.
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  • Henry Ford and the Model T Car

    Monica L. Rausch

    Library Binding (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 12, 2007)
    Describes the impact of the Ford Model T automobile and the assembly line that built it on the automotive industry and American society, and recounts the life and career of their inventor, Henry Ford.
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  • Thomas Edison and the Light Bulb

    Monica L Rausch

    Library Binding (Weekly Reader Early Learning Library, Jan. 1, 2007)
    Supporting both the social studies and science curricula, this series introduces young readers to important inventors and their inventions. Students will learn about the lives of the inventors and the developments of the featured invention, including its impact on the way we live today.
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  • Henry Ford and the Model T Car

    Monica L. Rausch

    Paperback (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 12, 2007)
    Describes the impact of the Ford Model T automobile and the assembly line that built it on the automotive industry and American society, and recounts the life and career of their inventor, Henry Ford.
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  • The Wright Brothers and the Airplane

    Monica L. Rausch

    Library Binding (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 12, 2007)
    Describes the impact of the first flight of a fixed-wing, heavier-than-air aircraft, and recounts the life and career of its inventors, Orville and Wilbur Wright.
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  • Inventors and Their Discoveries

    Monica L. Rausch

    Paperback (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 12, 2007)
    Supporting both the social studies and science curricula, this series introduces young readers to important inventors and their inventions. Students will learn about the lives of the inventors and the developments of the featured invention, including its impact on the way we live today.
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  • Early Flying Machines

    Henry Dale

    Hardcover (Oxford University Press, Feb. 25, 1993)
    Early Flying Machines ranges from the first recorded history of man's attempt to fly to the Wright brothers' first powered flight.
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  • Timekeeping

    Rodney Dale

    Paperback (Oxford University Press, March 17, 1994)
    Describes the changing ways of thinking about time, the emergence of the calendar, and the quest for a more accurate means of measuring time
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  • The Industrial Revolution

    Henry Dale, Rodney Dale

    Paperback (Oxford University Press, March 17, 1994)
    Examines the industrial revolution, discussing how developments in the harnessing of power and methods of transportation changed the way we work and play
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