The car
By: Chris Oxlade
Series: Tales of invention; Tales of invention
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780431118406
Subjects: Automobiles; Juvenile literature; Design and construction; History; Social aspects
Description: Offers a comprehensive and cross-curricular look at scientific inventions. This title explores the principal of one life changing invention, and traces its story from conception and prototypes, to revisions and the modern day.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: Wheel; title: First steam cars; title: New engine; title: Better engines; title: Horseless carriages; title: Modern car; title: Car manufacture; title: Into the future; title: Timeline.