How They Made Things Work: In the Age of Industry
No. of pages 32
Published: 2018
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Written by award-winning author Richard Platt, How They Made Things Work: Age of Industry examines aspects of technology in Victorian times, including ship-building, weapons, motion pictures, photography, railways and telegraphy.
Suitable for Key Stages 2-3, How They Made Things Work looks at how people in history advanced their societies by pushing the boundaries of technology.
This book is part of a book series called How They Made Things Work .
This book is aimed at children in primary school.
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Hachette Children's Group .
David Lawrence is an experienced author of books for this age group including The Superglue Sandwich, Travels with My Zebra and Killer Ping-Pong. He is a former Scripture Union schools worker and currently pastors a church in Yate near Bristol. Richard Platt is a renowned non-fiction writer, whose previous titles include Pirate Diary which won the 2002 Kate Greenaway Medal. To visit Richard's website click here
This book has the following chapters:
- 1: How they made things work in the
- 2: age of industry
- 3: Steam railways
- 4: Iron ships
- 5: Light bulb
- 6: Telegraph
- 7: Photography
- 8: Cinema
- 9: Recorded sound
- 10: Machine gun
- 11: Mass production
- 12: Wireless telegraphy
- 13: Motor car
- 14: Tunnelling
- 15: Glossary/websites
- 16: Index
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