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Author Wilkinson, Philip, 1955-

Title Wheels to rockets : innovations in transport / Philip Wilkinson & Michael Pollard ; illustrations by Robert Ingpen
Published Limpsfield, Surrey : Dragon's World Children's Books, 1994

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 ADPML SPWV  609 Wil/Wtr  LIB USE ONLY
Description 93 pages : color illustrations, maps, portraits ; 29 cm
Series Ideas and inventions
Ideas and inventions
Summary Looks throughout history at discoveries in the field of transportation, and discusses how the ideas and inventions which were developed changed the way people travelled. Examples include the wheel, roads, boats and ships, the steam engine, mass production, the jet engine and rockets. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary
Analysis Inventions History
Inventions History
Inventions History
Notes "Simplified text and captions by Michael Pollard based on the Encyclopedia of ideas that changed the world, by Robert Ingpen and Philip Wilkinson"--T.p. verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Inventions -- Juvenile literature.
Inventions -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Transportation -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Transportation -- History.
Inventions -- History.
Vehicles -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Vehicles -- History.
Inventions -- History.
Transportation -- History.
Vehicles -- History.
Author Ingpen, Robert, 1936-
Ingpen, Robert, 1936- Encyclopedia of ideas that changed the world
Pollard, Michael, 1931-
LC no. bnc85028280
ISBN 1850282803