Australia's greatest inventions and innovations
Cheng, Christopher2012
Books, Manuscripts
Find it!
In Australias Greatest Inventions and Innovations, you will find out about our nations most ingenious inventions, their makers, and how to turn a bright idea into a useful creation.--Back cover
Main title:
Australia's greatest inventions and innovations / by Christopher Cheng and Linsay Knight ; in association with Powerhouse Museum.
Imprint:
North Sydney, NSW : Random House Australia, 2012
Collation:
184 pages : colour illustrations
Series title:
Audience:
Upper primary
Contents:
Communications and IT: Cochlear implant -- Mountbatten Brailler (and jot-a-dot) -- Wi-fi -- Automatic totalisator -- Health: Penicillin -- Disposable syringe -- Spray-on-skin -- Microsurgery -- Ultrasound -- Betacheck blood glucose monitor -- Royal Flying Doctor Service -- Agriculture and Food: Sunshine Harveseter -- Stump-jump plough -- Federation wheat -- Vegemite -- Dynamic Lifter -- Peppin merinos -- Wolseley shears -- Houshold and Office: Victa mower -- Hills hoist -- StaySharp knife -- Cafe-Bar -- Energy and Environment: Buried contact solar cell -- Solahart hot water systems -- BioPower wave and tidal devices -- Dual-flush toilet -- Vanadium redox flow battery -- Leisure: Didjeridu -- Stuart & Sons grand piano -- Fairlight -- Super Sopper -- Surf lifesaving -- Manufacturing and Mining: Supreme Moustrap Machine -- Plastic banknotes -- Froth flotation and the Jameson Cell -- Integrated Communications Cap Lamp -- Maptek -- Isasmelt & Ausmelt ore smelter -- Transport: Pedestrian detector (and SCATS) -- Baby Safety Capsule -- Black box flight recorder -- Hargrave box kite -- Research: Atomic absorption spectrophotometer -- Polilight -- Compumedics Grael
ISBN:
9781742755649 (pbk)
Dewey class:
609.94 AUS
Local class:
609.94
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
7902
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 609.94 AUS | pbkAvailable |