Small inventions that make a big difference / photographs by Joseph H. Bailey ; art by John Huehnergarth.

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Books for world explorers | Books for world explorersWashington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c1984Description: 104 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN:

0870444980
0870445030

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DDC classification:

608 19

LOC classification:

T212 .S63 1984

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Riverfield Country Day School Non-fiction	Non-fiction Collection	608 Inventions (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	shelved in 608 NON FIC		RCDS95010675

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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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