Steven Caney's invention book.
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780894800764; 9780894800771
Subjects: Inventions -- Juvenile literature; Inventions
Other titles: Invention book.
Description: A project book for the would-be inventor with activities, a list of "contraptions" in need of invention, and the stories behind thirty-six existing inventions.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The inventor's handbook; title: The inventor's workshop; title: The inventor's notebooks; title: Planning; title: Breadboard, model, and prototype; title: Naming your invention; title: Patents; title: Marketing your invention; title: Great Invention stories; title: The invention of earmuffs; title: The invention of drive-in movies; title: The invention of the Frisbee; title: The invention of the band-aid; title: The invention of chocolate chip cookies; title: The invention of water skis; title: The invention of Levi's'; title: The invention of basketball; title: The invention of the trampoline; title: The invention of Kleenex; title: The invention of Dixie cups; title: The invention of Kellogg's corn flakes; title: The invention of Howard Johnson's restaurants; title: The invention of Life Savers candy; title: The invention of milk bottles; title: The invention of drinking straws; title: The invention of the zipper; title: The invention of teabags; title: The invention of Scotch tape; title: The invention of sneakers; title: The invention of roller skates; title: The invention of the Eskimo pie; title: The invention of the ballpoint pen; title: The invention of the Xerox machine; title: The invention of Kodachrome color film.