Usborne Book of Inventors
No. of pages 48
Published: 1994
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This book is part of a book series called Famous Lives .
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 1994 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .
Straun Reid is a graduate in archaeology, and worked for five years on historical sites in the Middle East. He returns to give lectures on the castles of the saracens and the crusaders.
This book has the following chapters: Early inventions; measuring instruments; instruments of observation; manufacturing and automation; motor cars; trains and railways; sea transport; air transport; inventions in the home; a revolution in the office; construction and buildings; printing; communication machines; photography and film; radio and television; recording sound; lifesavers; medical inventions; weapons and warfare; calculators and computers; the power of the imagination; key dates in the history of invention.
This book is in the following series:
Famous Lives
An ideal introduction to important characters from the past.
