Engines (children's book)
- Engines (children's book)
Infobox Book |
name = Engines
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image_caption = Cover of "Engines"
author = L. Sprague de Camp
illustrator = Jack Coggins
cover_artist = Lowell Hess
country = United States
language = English
series =
subject = Engineering
publisher = Golden Press
release_date = 1959
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 56 pp
isbn = NA
preceded_by =
followed_by =
"Engines" is a 1959 science book for children by L. Sprague de Camp, illustrated by Jack Coggins, published by Golden Press. A revised edition issued as part of the publisher's Golden Library of Knowledge Series was published in 1961.
As stated on the cover, the work is a survey of "Man's use of power, from the water wheel to the atomic pile."
References
*cite book | last=Laughlin | first=Charlotte | coauthors=Daniel J. H. Levack | title=De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography | location=San Francisco | publisher=Underwood/Miller | pages=52-53 | date=1983
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