How machines work : zoo break! / David Macaulay.

Author/creator Macaulay, David author.
Format Book
EditionFirst American edition.
PublicationLondon : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2015.
Copyright Date©2015
Description30 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Zoo break!
Contents Inclined to escape -- Living on the wedge -- Getting leverage -- Lots of levers -- A wheely bad idea -- Getting in gear -- Push and pulley -- Pulley power -- A screwy plan -- Drilling in -- Getting complex -- Escape?
Abstract Sloth and Sengi are friends. they have grown up together in the zoo, and know every bit of their enclosure. And, frankly, they are a little bored with it. So they begin to plan an escape, with the help of some simple machines ... This book introduces such simple machines as levers, gears, planes, and pulleys.
General noteGearbox in cover with gears and animal illustrations showing through plastic window; some pages unfold and have flaps to lift.
LCCN 2015487524
ISBN1465440127
ISBN9781465440129

Availability

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Joyner TRC Nonfiction 621.8 M1193H ✔ Available Place Hold