The First Book of Machines - Buehr, Walter
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How do cranes lift heavy loads? What makes a car move? Walter Buehr's The First Book of Machines introduces children to the fascinating mechanics behind everyday tools and vehicles. The book explores the six simple machines-the inclined plane, wedge, lever, wheel and axle, screw, and pulley-and demonstrates how they combine to create complex machinery. Through detailed illustrations and straightforward explanations, young readers discover how machines have evolved and how they assist us in work and play. This timeless resource ignites an interest in engineering and the marvels of human innovation.…mehr

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How do cranes lift heavy loads? What makes a car move? Walter Buehr's The First Book of Machines introduces children to the fascinating mechanics behind everyday tools and vehicles. The book explores the six simple machines-the inclined plane, wedge, lever, wheel and axle, screw, and pulley-and demonstrates how they combine to create complex machinery. Through detailed illustrations and straightforward explanations, young readers discover how machines have evolved and how they assist us in work and play. This timeless resource ignites an interest in engineering and the marvels of human innovation.
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Walter Buehr (1897-1971) is a notable American author and illustrator of children and young adult books, most of which are biographies or science related works. Altogether he wrote and illustrated over fifty-six books. He began his career as a commercial artist and had a lifelong love of yachting, which led to his first book, Ships and Life Afloat (1953). He was a WW I veteran, a teacher, a designer of furniture, but most of all, an author and illustrator.