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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A historical study of how increased access to ice -- decades before refrigeration -- transformed American life. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans depended upon ice to stay cool and to keep their perishable foods fresh. Jonathan Rees tells the fascinating story of how people got ice before mechanical refrigeration came to the household. Drawing on newspapers, trade journals, and household advice books, Before the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Explains sounds waves, radio waves, and other key science ideas behind the technology of cell phones. The title discusses the parts of a cell phone as well as the path a call travels, and the social significance and future of cell phones"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Explains the principles of flotation upon which submarine technology is based. The title explains how submarines operate and their various parts. The book also discusses the history of submarines and how they are used today"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Easily the most thorough and best-grounded account of the coal-based system of heating in the nineteenth-century United States...authoritative." -- The New England Quarterly Home Fires tells the fascinating story of how changes in home heating over the nineteenth century spurred the growth of networks that helped remake American society. Sean Patrick Adams reconstructs the ways in which the "industrial hearth" appeared in American cities, the methods...
14) Electricity
Author
Language
English
Description
"Describes where electricity comes from, how it works, and how we use it every day. Includes experiments"--Provided by publisher.
15) Wheels at work
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to wheels and how they are used in machines.
16) Simple slopes
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Describes how simple machines utilize the principle of the slope or incline to plow fields, unlock doors, and lift heavy loads.
19) Heat
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Explains how heat works and the functions it serves in our world, discussing such areas as conduction, expansion, and evaporation.
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