machinery

Describes the purposes for which various machines are used within a city. Features fold-out pages.

Follows Bob and his gang of friends and construction yard machines on a series of adventures that emphasize the importance of friendship. Bob and Wendy team up to build a "badger gate," Molly befriends a family of otters, Mr. Beasley takes in some homeless bats, and Molly and JJ help Hamish the parrot find a home.

The concepts of six simple machines are explained: inclined plane, wedge, screw, lever, wheel and axle, and pulley.

When two boys show up at an equipment rental and repair shop for help with their science fair project on machines, the owner of the shop gives them a tour. Together they examine the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, wedge, inclined plane, and screw, along with some compound machines, including a bicycle, a typewriter, and a corkscrew.

Professor Luwig von Glink sets out to make a perpetual motion machine, and when that fails, he continues to add on to his contraption until it takes over his entire house and attracts the notice of the Buildings and Permits Inspector, who orders the whole works demolished--which is when the City Contemporary Art Museum steps in.

Presents a children's book for early readers that describes big machines and what they do including the biggest dump truck in the world, crane, airplane, helicopter, space shuttle, and more.

Photographic examination of working machines like logging trucks, semitrailers, concrete mixers, and road trains, with interesting facts about how they work and what they do.

Describes the workings of the world's most interesting, useful, and complex machines, including a virtual-reality machine and a tunnel-digging machine.

Describes various pieces of oil machinery used in the petroleum industry and discusses their uses.