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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Kirkfield, Vivian, author.     Subjects     Transportation -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Inventions -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kirkfield, Vivian, author.       by title:      From here to there :...         MARC Display

From here to there : inventions that changed the way the world moves / by Vivian Kirkfield ; illustrated by Gilbert Ford. by Kirkfield, Vivian, author. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021] Subjects Transportation -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Inventions -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9781328560919 (hardback) 1328560910 (hardback) Description:  93 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm Contents:  Introduction -- Boys who dream of flying: Joseph and Étienne Montgolfier and manned balloon flight -- With his own two feet: Karl Drais invents the bicycle -- All aboard: George Stephenson and the steam locomotive -- Black Forest or bust: Bertha and Karl Benz and the gasoline-powered automobile -- America gets moving: Eric Wickman and the Interstate Bus Company -- Moon man: Robert Goddard and the liquid-fuel-propelled rocket -- Herbert and Harry find a way: Herbert Everest and Harry Jennings and the folding wheelchair -- The birth of robotics: George Devol and the industrial robot -- Raye draws her own lines: Raye Montague and computer-generated ship design -- Build your dream. Requests:  0 Summary:  "In a time when people believed flying was impossible, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier proved that the sky wasn't the limit. When most thought horseback was the only way to race, Bertha and Karl Benz fired up their engines. From the invention of the bicycle and the passenger steam locomotive, to the first liquid-fuel propelled rocket and industrial robot, inventors across the world have redefined travel. Filled with informative sidebars and colorful illustrations, this collective biography tells the story of the experiments, failures, and successes of visionaries who changed the way the world moves." -- Amazon.com. Audience:  Ages 7 to 10 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Grades 2-3 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Lihue Public Library J -- Juvenile Nonfiction 629.04609 Ki Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waimea Public Library (Kauai) J -- Juvenile Nonfiction 629.04609 Ki Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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