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Inventions a visual encyclopedia US_002-003_Title.indd 2 08/03/18 3:09 PM s m i t h s o n i a n Inventions a visual encyclopedia US_002-003_Title.indd 3 16/03/18 3:41 PM Contents EARLY BREAKTHROUGHS 6 Early tools 8 Farming 10 Inventing the wheel 12 Traveling by road 14 Sailing the seas 16 Sailing ships 18 Archimedes 20 The beginnings of industry 22 Early mechanical devices 24 Designing the future 26 The power of gunpowder 28 Gunpowder weapons 30 The printing revolution 32 Writing and printing 34 Zhang Heng 36 MAKING THE MODERN WORLD 38 Tools 40 Tools workshop 42 Feeding the world 44 Working the land 46 Construction 48 Alfred Nobel 50 Industrialization 52 Smart production line 54 Powering up 56 Renewable energy 58 Nicola Tesla 60 Plastics 62 Man-made materials 64 Buying and selling 66 Money 68 Online superstore 70 At the office 72 3-D printing 74 Robots 76 Helpful robots 78 The robots are coming! 80 GET MOVING 82 Bicycle 84 Two wheels 86 Skating on air 88 Motorcycles 90 Cars for the masses 92 Cars, cars, cars 94 DK London Senior Editor Carron Brown Senior Art Editor Rachael Grady US Editor Megan Douglass US Executive Editor Lori Cates Hand Editorial team Ann Baggaley, Ashwin Khurana, Camilla Hallinan, Jessica Cawthra, Sarah Edwards Art Editors Chrissy Barnard, Louise Dick Jacket Designer Surabhi Wadhwa-Gandhi Jacket Editor Claire Gell Jacket Design Development Manager Sophia MTT Producer, Pre-production Gillian Reid Senior Producer Angela Graef Managing Editor Francesca Baines Managing Art Editor Philip Letsu Publisher Andrew Macintyre Associate Publishing Director Liz Wheeler Art Director Karen Self Design Director Phil Ormerod Publishing Director Jonathan Metcalf DK Delhi Senior Editor Sreshtha Bhattacharya Senior Art Editor Ira Sharma Project Editor Priyanka Kharbanda Editorial team Ankona Das, Neha Ruth Samuel, Rupa Rao, Vatsal Verma Art Editors Heena Sharma, Mansi Agrawal, Sachin Singh, Shailee Khurana Jacket Designer Juhi Sheth Jackets Editorial Coordinator Priyanka Sharma Senior DTP Designer Harish Aggarwal DTP Designers Sachin Gupta, Mohd Rizwan, Vikram Singh, Bimlesh Tiwary Picture Researchers Nishwan Rasool, Deepak Negi Managing Jackets Editor Saloni Singh Picture Research Manager Taiyaba Khatoon Pre-production Manager Balwant Singh Production Manager Pankaj Sharma Managing Editor Kingshuk Ghoshal Managing Art Editor Govind Mittal Written by John Farndon, Jacob Field, Joe Fullman, Andrew Humphreys, and Giles Sparrow Consultant: Roger Bridgman First American Edition, 2018 Published in the United States by DK Publishing 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Copyright © 2018 Dorling Kindersley Limited DK, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC 18 19 20 21 22 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 001–308571–July/2018 All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under the copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN: 978-1-4654-5838-4 (Hardcover) ISBN: 978-1-4654-7369-1 (Paperback) DK books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk for sales promotions, premiums, fund-raising, or educational use. For details, contact: DK Publishing, Special Markets, 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014
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