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The Everyday Workings of Machines: How Machines Work, from Toasters and Telephones to Hovercrafts and Robots
By MARTIN, Steve
- ISBN
- 9780711254275
- Publisher
- Quarto Ivy Kids
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2020 | Elementary
Gr 3–6—Readers who like visual graphics will appreciate the colorful diagrams, cross-sections, and cutaways of the machines depicted in this book. These range from simple and commonplace machines (stapler, scissors, toaster, toilet, bicycle, and the balance scale) to more complex and less-familiar machines (the wind turbine, the Large Hadron Collider, the Mars Rover robots, the smoke alarm, and the electric train). Most illustrations hav...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
