From here to there Inventions that changed the way the world moves

Vivian Kirkfield

eAudio - 2021

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.Informative and celebratory, this collective biography tells the story of the experiments, failures, and successes of visionaries who changed the way the world moves.

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Published
[United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC 2021.
Language
English
Corporate Author
hoopla digital
Main Author
Vivian Kirkfield (author)
Corporate Author
hoopla digital (-)
Other Authors
Gilbert Ford (author), Pete (Actor) Cross (narrator), Zoe Cross-Nelms
Edition
Unabridged
Online Access
Instantly available on hoopla.
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Physical Description
1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 09 min.)) : digital
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN
9781662069826
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).
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