inventions

Ten-year-old inventor Andrew Dubble decides to test his latest creation, the Atom Sucker, and accidentally shrinks himself, his robot Thudd, and his cousin Judy down to the size of specks--unfortunately lodged near the nose of the neighbor's dog.

Answers a wide variety of questions about the invention of common household items.

Explores some of engineering's greatest feats and failures such as the Great Wall of China and the Titanic.

Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.

Presents an illustrated guide to the most noteworthy and significant inventions since the prehistory of man, in chronological order, and includes information on stone tools, the wheel, lighting, the steam engine, the telephone, flight, and the silicon ship. Includes time line.

Provides information on twelve significant American inventions.

The invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the difficult and time-consuming work of cleaning cotton. Many people became wealthy from the production of cotton, but it also led to an increase in slavery. The invention of the cotton gin led to other inventions such as the cotton picker.

Find out when civilization began. "You will find out all kinds of fascinating things about how people lived thousands of years ago; the games they played, their writing, their bathrooms, and the ingenious things they invented to make their lives easier.".

A look at inventions and feats and who is responsible for them. The inventions examined include the postage stamp, the telephone, the paper clip, and the bicycle. Some of the famous feats looked at are the first woman and cat to go over Niagara Falls.