A tight, clean, unmarked copy-" Who thought of building a catapult that could sling a cow a couple of kilometers over a castle wall? What made Leonardo design a parachute? Who fired the first cannonball and how can a lemon power a digital clock? You can find the answers here, in the Crafty Inventions series title, and then model your own inventions -- from a miniature flush toilet to a cracking pop-gun.".

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Title: Age of New Ideas (Crafty Inventions)
Publisher: Mercury Books
Publication Date: 2005
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1904668712
ISBN 13: 9781904668718
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Boulter, Steve; Keylock, Andrew
Condition: New

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Presents the stories behind famous inventions in history and offers project ideas for would-be inventors to build their own models using some of the same concepts.

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Gerry Bailey is a Capstone Press author.

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