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Dotty inventions and some real ones too

McGough, RogerSwain, Holly(Illustrated by)
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Find out all about how everyday things were invented, in this fascinating mix of fantasy and science!

Eccentric inventor Professor Dorothy Dabble sets off to London with Digby her pet robot, to enter a competition for the best invention.

On the way, they discover that the parachute was invented by Blanchard and his parachuting dog; that frisbees were created when workers at the Frisbie Baking Company threw their empty pie tins around; and lots of other amazing stories about the invention of everyday objects!

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Product Details
1845070364 / 9781845070366
Hardback
609
01/05/2004
United Kingdom
English
[29] p. : chiefly col. ill.
28 cm
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