Reinvent the Wheel Make Classic Inventions, Discover Your Problem-Solving Genius, and Take the Inventor's Challenge

Name: Reinvent the Wheel Make Classic Inventions, Discover Your Problem-Solving Genius, and Take the Inventor's Challenge
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ISBN: 9780471395393

ISBN-10: 0471395390

ISBN-13: 9780471395393

Edition: 2001

Authors: Ruth Kassinger

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In Reinvent the Wheel, Ruth Kassinger explores the history and science behind a number of classic inventions. Using the author's clear instructions, children are encouraged to find their own solutions to a range of scientific puzzles.

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/19/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Introduction



Inventions Based on Simple Machines



Potter's Wheel



Vehicle Wheel



Shadoof



Catapult



Counterweight Trebuchet



Archimedes Screw



Block and Tackle



Mechanical Fan



Inventions Involving Chemical Changes



Tempera Paint



Vegetable Dye



Iron-Gall Ink



Writing Paper



Inventions for Predicting the Weather



Thermometer



Barometer



Cup Anemometer



Inventions to Live In



Igloo



Tilted Tipi



Geodesic Dome



Inventions That Use Magnetism and Electricity



Marine Compass



Leyden Jar



Battery



Electric Generator



Electric Motor



Telegraph


Glossary


Index