Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life of Margaret Knight, eventual holder of twenty patents, who fought discrimination and proved that she was just as intelligent an inventor as a man.
4) Girls & young women inventing: twenty true stories about inventors plus how you can be one yourself
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit Pub
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
vi, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines twenty young female inventors and their creations, from Jennifer Donabar and her electric lock to Jeanie Low and her kiddie stool.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Briely introduces the life of Benjamin Franklin, touching on his inventions and his contributions to the city of Philadelphia as well as to the newly formed United States of America.
10) Thomas Edison
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
30 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
13) The cotton gin
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of the prolific inventor who had a keen interest in voice and sound and who worked tirelessly on behalf of deaf people.
18) Thomas Edison
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the inventor of the phonograph, the electric light bulb, and many other devices.
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea Juniors
Pub. Date
1991.
Edition
First Chelsea House edition.
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the inventor of the cotton gin who also developed basic ideas of mass production in the manufacture of weapons and other machines.
Interlibrary loan through ILLiad
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Knox County Public Library can be requested from other libraries to be delivered to your pickup location.
Suggest a purchase
If it is too new for interlibrary loan (6 months), you can place a suggestion with us. Suggest a Purchase