How it works : science and technology : editor, Wendy Horobin. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (original) (raw)

Includes indexes

Highlights the latest scientific and technological advances, from inventions and discoveries to a history of technology

v. 1 Abrasive -- Antiaircraft gun -- v. 2 Antifouling techniques -- Bomb-aiming device -- v. 3 Bomb and mine disposal -- Charge-coupled device -- v. 4 Chemical and biological warfare -- Cosmology -- v. 5 Cotton -- Electrical engineering -- v. 6 Electricity -- Firefighting -- v. 7 Fireworks and flare -- Global positioning system -- v. 8 Gold -- Ink -- v. 9 Instant picture camera -- Lumber -- v. 10 Luminescence -- Microsurgery -- v. 11 Microtome -- Operating room -- v. 12 Ophtalmology -- Physics -- v. 13 Physiology -- Pyramid -- v. 14 Quality management -- Salt protection -- v. 15 Salvage, Marine -- Space probe -- v. 16 Space shuttle -- Supercharger and Turbocharger -- v. 17 Superconductivity -- Tin -- v. 18 Tire -- Video camera -- v. 19 Video recorder -- Zoology -- v. 20 Sources for further study -- Glossary -- Weights and measures -- Periodic table of elements -- Science time line -- Geological timescale -- Picture credits -- Subject indexes -- General index