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Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Creases on cover, pen inscription on flyleaf. Clark, Mathew (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 166 pages. ex-library160 pages : 19 cm OVer 100 examples of world-first inventions and innovation s A celebration of New Zealanders' ability to be world-beating innovators with a look at around 100 examples of Kiwi ingenuity, ranging from scientific and tec hnological innovations to the weird and wacky. It includes popular classics such as the Hamilton jet boat and the Britten motorbike Contains over 100 examples of world-first inventions and innovations, from bungy jumping to splitting the a tom--Back cover Includes index Perendale, Drysdale and Corriedale -- Woolrest sleeper -- Tranquilliser gun -- Deer farming -- Allflex ear tags -- No. 8 wire - - Gallagher and the electric fence -- Slug fence -- Eze-pull fencing tool -- Sta plelok fencing system -- Freezer vacuum pump -- BookPic toothpick -- World's lar gest crumpet maker -- Tullen Snips -- Thermette -- Stamp vending machine -- Barm ac rock crusher -- Two-drawer dishwasher -- World's first fully automated soft-s erve ice cream vending machine -- Kerr metric -- Seismic isolators -- Exposing D NA -- Temperature-calibrating devices -- Knot theory -- KiwiStar -- Vacreator -- Improvements in and relating to milking apparatus -- Spreadable butter -- High- frequency cheese cutter -- The tote -- Continuous fermentation -- Referee's whis tle -- Willie Away -- Tantrix -- Woolspill -- Securichain -- Sector navigation l ights Non-chemical weed control -- Airtight tin lid -- Pavlova -- Powered human flight -- Death ray -- Wide-toothed shearing comb -- Bungy jumping -- Pickering 's satellite -- Fly-by-Wire -- Wobble of Tau Bootis -- Skystreme kite -- Sausage Software -- Superconductors -- Ghost -- The Hotcake -- Origin of the cosmos -- Democracy -- Eve hypothesis -- Lucy's agar mission -- Godward Economiser -- Smit.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. If necessity is the mother of invention then Kiwi ingenuity is its father. No. 8 Re-wired is a comprehensive, colourful treasury of New Zealand inventions - jam-packed with the stories behind 202 home-grown creations and the crafty people who dreamt them up. From well-known innovations (human flight, the discovery of DNA, the pavlova) to lesser-known feats (instant coffee, the referee's whistle, the electronic petrol pump) to the newest in high-tech world-firsts (robots and jetpacks!), it is the most complete and entertaining book ever on Kiwi ingenuity. And, yes, the pav is definitely ours. A surprising and absorbing account of Kiwi can-do, and a celebration of the No. 8 wire spirit on which New Zealand is built, it's also a revealing look at how innovation can power us into the future. 'No. 8 Re-wired brilliantly celebrates New Zealanders' disrespect for the status quo.' -Sir Ray Avery. Large; Heavy. 272 pages.…

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