machinery

"A compilation of small projects to build with LEGO Technic parts, including gears, motors, gadgets, and other moving elements. Contains step-by-step building instructions for rack-and-pinion steering systems, sliding doors, grasping claws, and ball-shooting devices. Explores principles of simple machines, gearing, and power translation"--Provided by publisher.

Contains facts about different types of machinery and includes illustrations of LEGO figures using them.

Text and photographs look at how a cotton candy machine works.

As lives offline and online merge even more, it?s easy to forget how we got here. Rise of the Machines reclaims the spectacular story of cybernetics, a control theory of man and machine. In a history that unpacks one of the twentieth century?s pivotal ideas, Thomas Rid delivers a thought-provoking portrait of our technology-enraptured era.

Explores the parts and uses of balers and what happens on a farm.

Depicts a variety of very large machines, including tower cranes, a dockyard crane, an oil production platform, and a concrete silo.

Text and pictures introduce large machines, such as a dump truck, various types of cranes, and spacecraft.

Easy-to-follow text, in a question and answer format, teaches children about machines and how they work. Includes a hands-on activity, fast facts, and a glossary.

Simple text and colorful illustrations depict noisy machines at work.

Two students go to an equipment rental and repair shop for help with their science fair project on machines, and are given a tour by the owner which includes an introduction to the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, wedge, inclined plane, and screw, as well as compound machines such as a bicycle, a typewriter, and a corkscrew.