Discoveries

discoveries001-cA small girl playing caves found Ice Age paintings over 17,000 years old.

 

Radioactivity first revealed itself on a cloudy day in Paris – in a desk drawer.

 

Peering into rainwater puddles, a curious linen-draper discovered the invisible world of living creatures that surround us.

 


A feast of weird and wonderful facts about discoveries.

A Science Museum Book of Amazing Facts

 

Illustrated by Tim Archbold

 

 

[published by Hodder Children’s Books]

Inventions

inventions003-cThe inventors of the first robot were put on trial for witchcraft.

 

The first electric light bulbs needed a health warning: ‘Do not try and light with a match.’

 

The first working television was made from a knitting needle, the lid of a hatbox, an electric fan motor, and torch batteries, all put together on top of an old tea-chest.


A feast of weird and wonderful facts about inventions …

A Science Museum Book of Amazing Facts

 

Illustrated by Ross Collins

 

 

[published by Hodder Children’s Books]

Transport

transport002-cThe first air passengers were a sheep, a duck and a cock, who sailed up in a hot air balloon, watched by the King of France.

An American inventor has designed a bike with 54 speeds, 5 computers, a security system, a speech synthesizer, and a telephone.

In 1838 the fast journey across the Atlantic (by steamship) took 15 days. Nowadays, planes can fly it in a few hours.

 

A feast of weird and wonderful facts about transport

A Science Museum Book of Amazing Facts

Illustrated by Tim Archbold

 

 

[published by Hodder Children’s Books]