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  • Caves to Cathedrals

    Philip Wilkinson, Robert Ingpen

    Hardcover (Belitha Press Ltd, )
    None

  • Telephone

    Mary Elizabeth Salzmann

    Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Aug. 1, 2015)
    Shares the history of the telephone and explains how different types of telephones and smartphones work.
    P

  • Weapons of War

    Felicia Law

    Hardcover (Mercury Books, Nov. 1, 2005)
    What is a blunderbuss? How did musketeers get their name? Would you know how to assemble a complete suit of armour? Who invented the atom bomb? What’s in a Molotov Cocktail? Did you know that a modern machine gun can fire up to 1,600 rounds of ammunition a minute? What kind of vehicle runs on caterpillar tracks? Find the answers to all these questions, and more, in this title of the Crafty Inventions series. Then go on to craft a jeweled scimitar, construct a grenade desk tidy, launch a volley of paper rockets, build a camouflaged tank and fire a mega pea-shooter.
    K

  • Rockets

    Mary Virginia Fox

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 1, 1995)
    An introduction to the science of rocketry from the time of the earliest Chinese rockets in A.D. 1231 to the present
    T

  • Television

    Janet Riehecky

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Feb. 1, 1996)
    An illustrated history of television, from its precursors such as telegraph and radio to its impact on society and projections for its future
    O

  • Entertainment

    Paul Dowswell

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Traces the history of inventions in the world of entertainment, from chess to digital camcorders.
    T

  • Medicine

    Paul Dowswell

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Nov. 1, 2001)
    Traces the history of inventions in the world of medicine, from the scalpel to the endoscope.
    W

  • Working Things Out: Pulleys, turbines machines -- the science the models and YOU!

    Gerry Bailey, Steve Boulter, Andrew Keylock

    Hardcover (Mercury Books, March 1, 2005)
    What inspired the Romans to build straight roads? Why did Archimedes want to make a giant screw? More tricky problems lead to another 10 brilliant inventions in this title of the Crafty Inventions series. Discover how wind was used to power machines and how printing sped up book-making. Then string up a superpulley, build a wind turbine and carve a set of vegetable printing blocks
    W

  • Telephones

    Gini Holland, Amy Stone

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Jan. 1, 1996)
    Provides a history of the telephone and telecommunications, including technical aspects and important inventors
    R

  • The Airplane

    Julie L. Sinclair

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Sinclair, Julie L.
    P

  • Lasers

    Mary Virginia Fox

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 1, 1995)
    Describes the discovery, principles, and types of lasers, the light they produce, their contributions to industry, medicine, war, crime detection, communication, and other fields--and future uses of their amazing powers.
    Q

  • Modern Times

    Gerry Bailey, Andrew Keylock, Jan Smith

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Describes the basic science principles and the history behind many inventions including automobiles, telephones, televisions, circuits, and rockets. Includes hands-on problem solving and make-and-do projects.
    V