Find Out About Machines: With 19 projects and more than 260 pictures

by Chris Oxlade

Overview

Discover what machines are, how they work, and how they have developed through history, in this fascinating fact file and learn-it-yourself project book, Find out about levers, pulleys, wheels and axles, gears, hydraulics, wind power and more, Includes 19 practical experiments - make a windmill, an Archimedean screw and even your very own vacuum cleaner!, Over 260 images include step-by-step photographs and explanatory illustrations, An accessible and lively introduction to machines, ideal for I home or school use for 8- to 12-year-olds

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781843229735
Publisher:	Armadillo
Publication date:	06/15/2013
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	10.40(w) x 10.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

Table of Contents

What is a machine? 4

The first machines 6

Levers and balance 8

Levers everywhere 10

Making levers work 12

Wheels and axles 14

Wheels at work 16

Inclined planes 18

Wedges and screws 20

Planes at work 22

Pulleys 24

Pulleys at work 26

Gear wheels 28

Making gears work 30

Power for machines 32

Wind and water power 34

Engines and motors 36

Hyraulics and pneumatics 38

Liquid and air at work 40

Machines at home 42

Making domestic machines 44

Transport machines 46

Building machines 48

On the farm 50

Making farm machines 52

Electronic machines 54

Machines in industry 56

Under control 58

Automatic control 60

Perpetual motion 62

Index 64