| Great Inventors and Inventions Coloring Book Contributor(s): LaFontaine, Bruce (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486297845 ISBN-13: 9780486297842 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $5.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 1997 Annotation: Forty-five finely detailed, ready-to-color drawings portray inventors and their historically important devices in an informative survey of advances in science and industry. Illustrations include Cousteau's aqua lung, Morse's telegraph, Gutenberg's printing press, Ford's assembly line, many others. Captions provide background information. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Activity Books - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - Inventions |
| Series: Dover History Coloring Book |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 8.2" W x 10.88" (0.41 lbs) 48 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Johannes Gutenberg's fifteenth-century printing press to Charles Hard Townes' relatively recent development of the laser, this fascinating coloring book encompasses five centuries of technology. Forty-five finely detailed drawings depict inventors and their historically important devices, comprising an inspiring survey of advances in science and industry. The excellent illustrations include James Watt's steam engine (1763), David Bushnell's submarine (1776), Count Alessandro Volta's battery (1800), and Samuel Morse's telegraph (1837). Among other featured innovations are Karl Benz's motorized wagon (1885), Thomas Edison's electric light bulb (1878-79), moving picture kinetoscope (1876) and phonograph (1895), Henry Ford's assembly line (1908), Jacques Cousteau's aqua lung for scuba divers (1942), and many more. Informative captions provide background information about the inventors and their inventions, making this not only an entertaining volume for coloring book enthusiasts but also an educational and fact-filled guide to developments in the world of science and technology. |