Inventions
- ISBN-10
- 0836800109
- ISBN-13
- 9780836800104
- Series
- Inventions
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Gareth Stevens Pub
- Author
- Michael Holt
Description
Describes inventions that have shaped our world from ancient times to the present.
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