The Resource Innovations in transportation, Larry Verstraete
Innovations in transportation, Larry Verstraete
Resource Information
The item Innovations in transportation, Larry Verstraete represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Innovations in transportation, Larry Verstraete represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- "Imagine a street filled with horses and buggies, or the skies without aeroplanes! You might not realise that, before vehicles, it used to take days--even weeks--to visit friends or family! This title looks at major innovations in transportation over the years, and the ingenious inventors, scientists, and engineers who made them. With a little inventive thinking, what might you create to help us change the way we travel?"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 32 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Pedal power: Mountain bike - Joe Breeze
- Fast & furious: Gas-powered automobile - Carl Benz
- Bio box: Kid inventor Spencer Whale - Kidkare car
- Bio box: Kid inventor Param Jaggi - Algae mobile
- Moving a crowd: Subway system - Alfred Ely Beach
- Moving sidewalk - Alfred Speer
- Are we having fun?: Razor scooter - Gino Tsai
- Bio box: Kid inventor Armand Bombardier - The snowmobile
- Surf's up: The hovercraft - Christopher Cockerell
- The outboard motor - Ole Evinrude
- Below the sea: The submarine - Cornelis Drebbel
- Windsurfer - Hoyle Schweitzer & Jim Drake
- Scuba gear - Jacques Cousteau
- Up and away: The airplane - Wilbur & Orville Wright
- Blasting into the unknown: Rocket - Robert Goddard
- Reaching higher: Rocket belt - Wendell Moore
- Omni hoverboard - Catalin Alexandru Duru
- You, the inventor
- Isbn
- 9780778726869
- Label
- Innovations in transportation
- Title
- Innovations in transportation
- Statement of responsibility
- Larry Verstraete
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Imagine a street filled with horses and buggies, or the skies without aeroplanes! You might not realise that, before vehicles, it used to take days--even weeks--to visit friends or family! This title looks at major innovations in transportation over the years, and the ingenious inventors, scientists, and engineers who made them. With a little inventive thinking, what might you create to help us change the way we travel?"--Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- PSt/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Verstraete, Larry
- Dewey number
- 629.04
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
-
- Age 8-11
- Grades 4-6
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Problem solved! Your turn to think big
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Transportation engineering
- Transportation
- Motor vehicles
- Inventors
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Innovations in transportation, Larry Verstraete
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Pedal power: Mountain bike - Joe Breeze -- Fast & furious: Gas-powered automobile - Carl Benz -- Bio box: Kid inventor Spencer Whale - Kidkare car -- Bio box: Kid inventor Param Jaggi - Algae mobile -- Moving a crowd: Subway system - Alfred Ely Beach -- Moving sidewalk - Alfred Speer -- Are we having fun?: Razor scooter - Gino Tsai -- Bio box: Kid inventor Armand Bombardier - The snowmobile -- Surf's up: The hovercraft - Christopher Cockerell -- The outboard motor - Ole Evinrude -- Below the sea: The submarine - Cornelis Drebbel -- Windsurfer - Hoyle Schweitzer & Jim Drake -- Scuba gear - Jacques Cousteau -- Up and away: The airplane - Wilbur & Orville Wright -- Blasting into the unknown: Rocket - Robert Goddard -- Reaching higher: Rocket belt - Wendell Moore -- Omni hoverboard - Catalin Alexandru Duru -- You, the inventor
- Control code
- 000057862109
- Dimensions
- 26 cm.
- Extent
- 32 pages
- Isbn
- 9780778726869
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2016026662
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)952943036
- Label
- Innovations in transportation, Larry Verstraete
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Pedal power: Mountain bike - Joe Breeze -- Fast & furious: Gas-powered automobile - Carl Benz -- Bio box: Kid inventor Spencer Whale - Kidkare car -- Bio box: Kid inventor Param Jaggi - Algae mobile -- Moving a crowd: Subway system - Alfred Ely Beach -- Moving sidewalk - Alfred Speer -- Are we having fun?: Razor scooter - Gino Tsai -- Bio box: Kid inventor Armand Bombardier - The snowmobile -- Surf's up: The hovercraft - Christopher Cockerell -- The outboard motor - Ole Evinrude -- Below the sea: The submarine - Cornelis Drebbel -- Windsurfer - Hoyle Schweitzer & Jim Drake -- Scuba gear - Jacques Cousteau -- Up and away: The airplane - Wilbur & Orville Wright -- Blasting into the unknown: Rocket - Robert Goddard -- Reaching higher: Rocket belt - Wendell Moore -- Omni hoverboard - Catalin Alexandru Duru -- You, the inventor
- Control code
- 000057862109
- Dimensions
- 26 cm.
- Extent
- 32 pages
- Isbn
- 9780778726869
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2016026662
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)952943036
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