inventions

Discusses 300 inventions and inventors that changed the course of history through the 19th century.

Studies the latest developments in science and discusses how those discoveries were made, how they will affect future generations, and how science is trying to manipulate them to benefit their own ideas.

Full-color illustrations and easy-to-follow text provide information about different machines and inventions, and discuss functions, purpose, and other related topics.

Introduces the history and development of the television and explains how a television works.

Introduces the history and development of the sewing machine and explains how a sewing machine works.

Introduces the history and development of the camera and explains how a film camera works.

Photographs and text trace the invention and development of the bicycle.

Provides information about the lives and achievements of ten of history's top inventors, including Archimedes, Johannes Gutenberg, and Alexander Bell, each with a related activity.

Brief descriptions of twenty-three machines invented during the last 250 years, including the electric searchlight, the Sutherland steam fire engine, and the Daguerrotype camera.