Small inventions that make a big difference /

Small inventions that make a big difference / photographs by Joseph H. Bailey ; art by John Huehnergarth. - 104 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. - Books for world explorers . - Books for world explorers. .

Accompanied by "The patent game" (1 sheet [2] p. : col. ill. ; 75 x 49 cm. folded to 25 x 19 cm.). Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 101.

Describes how inventors think and work, explains how one invention--plastic--has changed the world, and briefly discusses seventy-five other important inventions, from the jet engine to the potato chip.

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Inventions--Juvenile literature.
Inventors--Juvenile literature.
Inventions.
Inventors.
Plastics.

T212 / .S63 1984

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