Brit a nnic a LEARNING LIBRARY Technology and Inventions Get the inside story on gadgets and systems past and present CHICAGO LONDON NEW DELHI PARIS SEOUL SYDNEY TAIPEI TOKYO
Hot-air balloons fill the skies at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico in 1989 Joseph Sohm Chromosohm Inc Corbis
Technology and Inventions TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 TRANSPORTATION Before There Were Automobiles 6 Automobiles How Henry Ford Made the American Car 8 Airplanes The First Flights 10 Ships From Rafts to Ocean Liners 12 Submarines Silent Stalkers of the Sea 14 COMMUNICATION Paper Turning Trees to Paper 16 Printing Gutenberg’s Gift 18 Braille Books to Touch 20 Sight and Sound Eyes That Hear Speech That’s Seen 22 Telephones Staying in Touch 24 Computers The Machines That Solve Problems 26 Internet and the World Wide Web Network of People 28 ENERGY Electricity Cables Fuses Wires and Energy 30 Wind Power Energy in the Air 32 Thermal Power Energy from Heat 34 Water Power Streams of Energy 36 Nuclear Energy Big Energy from a Small Source 38 Oil From the Ground to the Filling Station 40 Pollution Harming Our Environment 42 PROFESSIONS DAILY LIFE Weaving Making Cloth 44 Calendar Charting the Year 46 Measurement Figuring Out Size and Distance 48 Photography Drawing with Light 50 Motion Pictures Photos That Move 52 Radio Thank You Mr Marconi 54 Television The World in a Box 56 Medicine Looking to Nature for Remedies 58 Telescopes Exploring the Sky 60 GLOSSARY 62 INDEX 63 Brit a nnic a LEARNING LIBRARY
