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The Way Things Work: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Technology in 2 Volumes (1967)

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How are matches made? Why is dry cleaning called dry? How does a speedometer work? Why can the heat of an iron be regulated? What makes a ship float? Why does a zipper zip? Diagrams and drawings accompany a page of explanatory text for each of the 1071 entries which explain the principles of why things work. Many of the explanations are beyond the understanding of elementary school students, but the answers to many of their inquiries as to how things work are to be found easily by the curious boy or girl. Much more comprehensive in scope than Mann's How Things Work (Crowell, 1960) but not as useful for the general reader.… (mere)

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My copy of this book is nearly 50 years old. Things, at least most of them, don’t work that way anymore. If I have a grandchild who’s deeply interested in technology, I’ll look for a 21st century book.

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German ed. (1963) published as Wie funktioniert das? English translation and adaptation first publ. by George Allen & Unwin (London), as The universal encyclopedia of machinesPopular Science Book Club edition? (

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The Way Things Work: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Technology

The Way Things Work: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Technology in 2 Volumes

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The Way Things Work: The Universal Encyclopedia of Machines

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Please do not combine with-
How Things Work by the National Geographic Society, ISBNs: 0870444255, 0870444301
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the Special ed. for young people edited by T. Lodewijk, ISBN: 0671652125
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How Things Work, a Simon and Schuster question and answer book by Ardley and Bampton, ISBNs: 0671498975, 0671499920
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Encyclopedia Britanica's How Things Work - Fascinating Facts, ISBN: 1561733210
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Worldbook's How Things Work in the Childcraft How and Why series, ISBNs: 0716601974, 0716601583, 0716601826, 0716601850, 0716601885, 0716601729, 071662219X, 0716622289
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How Things Work by Parker, et. al., ISBNs: 0760727295, 0679809082, 0679909087, 0862725739, 0760727295, 0755000226, 0752540785, 1842369903, 8487227449, 1422215504, 0752566180, 0752557165, 075500079X, 0862725739, 1856972976, 0862725739, 0760727295, 9620822366
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Time Life Books' How Things Work: a child't first library of learning, ISBNs: 0809448734, 0809448742

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How are matches made? Why is dry cleaning called dry? How does a speedometer work? Why can the heat of an iron be regulated? What makes a ship float? Why does a zipper zip? Diagrams and drawings accompany a page of explanatory text for each of the 1071 entries which explain the principles of why things work. Many of the explanations are beyond the understanding of elementary school students, but the answers to many of their inquiries as to how things work are to be found easily by the curious boy or girl. Much more comprehensive in scope than Mann's How Things Work (Crowell, 1960) but not as useful for the general reader.

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