The Illustrated Histories Of Everyday Inventions

Author : Laura Hetherington
Publisher : Whalen Book Works
ISBN 13 : 1732512647
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Inventions written by Laura Hetherington and published by Whalen Book Works. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Inventions uncovers the fascinating, humorous, and often unbelievable origins behind the world’s most overlooked innovations! Nobody knows the backstories behind our most taken-for-granted inventions, like credit cards, egg cartons, windshield wipers, and breakfast sandwiches! But the strange and wonderful origins of these inventions are far from ordinary: They are rooted in forgotten history. Inside this hardcover book, discover the extraordinary true stories of: the TOASTER — actually the best thing before sliced bread the PASSPORT — the original Facebook the TOOTHBRUSH — so much more than bamboo + hog bristles the PIZZA SAVER — no pie left behind since 1985 SLICED BREAD — at first, no one wanted it and MANY, MANY MORE of history’s most influential discoveries! Organized chronologically from 75,000 B.C. to today and illustrated with more than 200 pieces of original artwork, The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Inventions is as beautiful as it is entertaining and informative. Discover who invented BATHING, why some of the first-ever BEDS were naturally mosquito-repellant, how president Theodore Roosevelt’s encounter with a black bear inspired the TEDDY BEAR, and why SELFIE STICKS might be older than you think!

Author : Patricia Hutchison
Publisher : Hidden History
ISBN 13 : 9781632355928
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forgotten History of Everyday Inventions written by Patricia Hutchison and published by Hidden History. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights 12 inventions, and tells the sometimes surprising stories behind their development.

Author : Andy Warner
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1250137039
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brief Histories of Everyday Objects written by Andy Warner and published by Picador. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Hilarious, entertaining, and illustrated histories behind some of life's most common and underappreciated objects - from the paperclip and the toothbrush to the sports bra and roller skates Brief Histories of Everyday Objects is a graphic tour through the unusual creation of some of the mundane items that surround us in our daily lives. Chapters are peppered with ballpoint pen riots, cowboy wars, and really bad Victorian practical jokes. Structured around the different locations in our home and daily life—the kitchen, the bathroom, the office, and the grocery store—award-nominated illustrator Andy Warner traces the often surprising and sometimes complex histories behind the items we often take for granted. Readers learn how Velcro was created after a Swiss engineer took his dog for a walk; how a naval engineer invented the Slinky; a German housewife, the coffee filter; and a radical feminist and anti-capitalist, the game Monopoly. This is both a book of histories and a book about histories. It explores how lies become legends, trade routes spring up, and empires rise and fall—all from the perspective of your toothbrush or toilet.

Author : Craig Sandler
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781402748622
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Timeline of Inventions written by Craig Sandler and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-color illustrations that describe some of history's most important inventions and advances including the first weaving machine in 1764, the catapult in the twelfth century, and the zipper in 1891.

Author : Meredith Hooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everyday Inventions written by Meredith Hooper and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the history of thirty-three inventions such as the zipper, typewriter, and barbed wire that have had great impact on the world.

Author : David J. Cole
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Modern Everyday Inventions written by David J. Cole and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2003-04-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of a variety of modern inventions, including the television, cameras, toasters, vacuum cleaners, and electric razors.

Author : Reader's Digest
Publisher : Reader's Digest Association
ISBN 13 : 9781780201245
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Curious History of Everyday Things written by Reader's Digest and published by Reader's Digest Association. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered who first worespectacles, how soap and toothpastewere invented, who created Coca-Cola or when the earliest newspaperappeared? The Curious History ofEveryday Things is packed with theintriguing stories of how items like thesefirst came to be. Whether deliberatelydesigned or accidentally discovered,these innovations have changed the waywe live. From matches to stilettos, cocoato aeroplanes, discover the entertaining,intriguing and sometimes astonishingorigins of over 500 everyday things.

Author : History
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Wonderful Inventions. Illustrated with ... Engravings on Wood written by History and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1607107945
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Weird Inventions written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover strange gadgets you never knew existed in this volume from the nation’s top collector of curious and interesting information! The writers behind Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader present this totally true treasury of amazing gizmos—devilish devices you never knew existed, created by people who thought the world absolutely needed what they had to offer and sell. Read all about: * The onesie that turns your crawling baby into a mop * The fart-stifling blanket * The square watermelon * The video game you control with your mind * The weight loss device that sucks food out of your stomach, and much much more!

Author : Edward De Bono
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eureka! written by Edward De Bono and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: