Written for young and old readers who want industry explained without jargon, this compendium tells the stories behind modern wonders and common things: the development of the submarine and the voyage of the merchant submarine Deutschland, the digging of the Panama Canal, three-colour printing, and even how cured, smoked pork came to be.
A charming portrait of the early-twentieth-century machine age for curious young readers and lovers of vintage popular science. Download the free EPUB.