Discoveries
Weird and wonderful facts about discoveries that have helped change our world
books
Beverley Birch
Inventions
The 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]
