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How They Made Things Work: In the Age of Industry


How They Made Things Work

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No. of pages 32

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Great for age 7-11 years

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

This book is in the following series:

How They Made Things Work

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