Everyday machines : amazing devices we take for granted / John Kelly, David Burnie and Obin

By: Kelly, John, 1964- [author]
Contributor(s): Burnie, David | Obin
Language: English Publisher: Atlanta : Turner Publishing, c1995Description: 46 pages : color illustrations ; 34 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781570361555Subject(s): Machinery -- Juvenile literature | MachineryDDC classification: 621.8 Summary: How does a microwave cook your food? How does a telephone carry your voice? How does a television make pictures move? Everyday Machines supplies the extraordinary answers to these questions and more. Here curious children and adults alike can discover how an electric motor powers a hair dryer or what an electromagnet does inside a doorbell, and why each home has a siphon. Once you have looked inside, you will never again take these amazing machines for granted. -- Back cover
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SUBJECT REFERENCE 		621.8 K297 1995 (Browse shelf) Available CITU-EL-2346
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Includes glossary and index

How does a microwave cook your food? How does a telephone carry your voice? How does a television make pictures move? Everyday Machines supplies the extraordinary answers to these questions and more. Here curious children and adults alike can discover how an electric motor powers a hair dryer or what an electromagnet does inside a doorbell, and why each home has a siphon. Once you have looked inside, you will never again take these amazing machines for granted. -- Back cover

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