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How things work

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How things work: everyday technology explained
2006, National Geographic Society
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Table of Contents

At home : Cooking
Refrigerators
Vacuum cleaners
Washers & dryers
Home heating & cooling
Hand tools
Clocks
Lightbulbs.
Power & energy : Power stations
Hydroelectricity
Alternative power
Nuclear power
Fusion.
Building : Skyscrapers
Elements of construction
Elevators & escalators
Tunnels
Bridges.
Transportation : Automobiles
Alternative fuels
Bicycles
Trains
Electric & high-speed trains
How boats stay afloat
Sailboats
Submersibles
Principles of flight
Propellers & jet engines
Helicopters
Super- & hypersonic planes.
Materials : Synthetic fibers
Incredible fabrics
Sewing & weaving
Glassmaking
Plastics
Papermaking
Recycling.
Manufacturing : Agriculture
Biotechnology
Aquaculture
Hydroponics
Steelmaking
Coal mining
Oil processing
Industrial robotics.
Entertainment : Making music
Sending signals
Radio
Digitized music
Television
Video games
Cameras
Motion pictures
Roller coasters
Fireworks.
Health & medicine : Endoscopy
Implants
Imaging
Monitors
Drugs
Laser surgery.
Information : Fiber optics & DSL
Cell phones
Satellite communications
Printing presses
Photocopiers
Calculators
Inside computers
The Internet
Bar codes & scanners
The Stock Exchange.
Other worlds : Lenses
Night vision
Microscopes
Telescopes
Space telescopes.

Edition Notes

Rev. ed. of : The new how things work : everyday technology explained. 2004.

Includes index.

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Washington, D.C
Genre
Popular works.

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Dewey Decimal Class
600
Library of Congress
T47 .L2923 2006

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Pagination
192 p. :
Number of pages
192

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OL16249026M
Internet Archive
howthingsworkeve0000lang
ISBN 10
0792255690
ISBN 13
9780792255697
LCCN
2007271140

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OL2029570W

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