- How it Works

Marshall Cavendish Series in 7 Volumes

84 magazines.

The A to Z of invention, science & technology, with thousands of fascinating diagrams and photographs.

Updated April 2010

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01: page 1- 44 Abacus- Aircraft History
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02: page 45- 72 Air Cushion Vehicle- Alkaline Earth Metal
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03: page 73- 100 Alloy- Amphibious Vehicles
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04: page 101- 128 Amplifier- Archaelogical Techniques
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05: page 126- 156 Arches- Asbestos
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06: page 157- 184 ASDIC and sonar- Atomizer
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07: page 185- 212 Audio-Visual Aids- Back-pedal brake
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08: page 213- 240 Bacon- Aneroid barograph
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09: page 241- 266 Barrel organ- Bell
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10: page 269- 296 Bell- Blood typing
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11: page 297- 324 Boatbuilding- Brahe
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12: page 325- 352 Brake- Brick Manufacture
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13: page 353- 380 Bridge- Bugging Devices
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14: page 381- 408 Building Techniques- Cable
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15: page 409- 436 Cable- Camera Obscura
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16: page 437- 464 Canal- Car
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17: page 465- 492 Carbine- Carnot
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18: page 493- 520 Carpet manufacture- Catalyst
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19: page 521- 548 Catapult- Chain Reaction
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20: page 549- 576 Character Recognition- Cigarette lighter
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21: page 577- 604 Cigarette manufacture- Coins
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22: page 605- 632 Colorimetry- Computer
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23: page 633- 660 Computers- Copernicus
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24: page 661- 688 Copper extraction- Crystals and Crystallography
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25: page 689-716 Cultivator- Delivery Systems
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26: page 717- 744 demolition Techniques- Diecasting
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27: page 745- 772 Diesel- Electric Pollution -Distance Recorder
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28: page 773- 800 Distillation- Dredger
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29: page 801- 828 Drill dental- Dynamometer
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30: page 829- 856 Earthmoving Machinery- Electric Motor
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31: page 857- 884 Electric vehicles- Electron Microscope
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32; page 885- 912 Electroplating- Engraving
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33: page 913- 940 Epicurus- Extrusion
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34: page 941- 968 Fabric- Fibre
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35: page 969- 996 Fibre OIptics- Firing Mechanisms
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36: page 997- 1,042 Fish Farming- Flood Control
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37: page 1,025- 1,052 Flowmeter- Forensic Science
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38; page 1,053- 1,080 Forging Metal - Fulton
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39: page 1,081- 1,108 Furnace- Gauss
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40: page 1,109- 1,136 Gear- Gold

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41: page 1,137- 1,164 Governors- Halogen
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42: page 1,165- 1,192 Handicap Aids- Heat Exchanger
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43: page 1,193- 1,220 Heat Pump- Huygens
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44: page 1,221- 1,248 Hydraulic Mechanics- Inductance
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45: page 1,249- 1,276 Induction Coil- Interferometer
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46: page 1,277- 1,304 Internal Combustion Engine- Jet Engine
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47: page 1,305- 1,332 Joule- Laser
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48: page 1,333- 1,360 Lathe- Lift
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49: page 1,361- 1,388 Light- Lithography
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50: page 1,389- 1,416 Lock, door- Loudspeaker
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51: page 1,417- 1,444 Lubrication- Manometer
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52: page 1,445- 1,472 Manufacturing Board- Mathematics
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53: page 1,473- 1,500 Matter- Meter
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54: page 1,501- 1,528 Meter, parking- Mine
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55: page 1,529- 1,556 Mining Techniques- Monorail Systems
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56: page 1,557- 1,584 Mortar- Newspapaer Production
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58: page 1,613- 1,640 Ohm- Organ
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59: page 1,641- 1,668 Organic Chemistry- Pantograph
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60: page 1,669- 1,696 Paper- Pascal
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61: page 1,697- 1,724 Pasta making- Phlogiston
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62: page 1,726- 1,752 Phosphoros- Piano
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63: page 1,753- 1,780 Pick-Up- Plastics
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64: page 1,781- 1,808 Plastics Production- Polaroid Camera
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65: page 1,809- 1,836 Pollution Control- Power Brakes
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66: page 1,837- 1,864 Power Station- Prism
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67: page 1,865- 1,892 Projector- Pyramid Building
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68: page 1,893- 1,920 Quality Control- Radioactivity
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69: page 1,921- 1,948 Radio Telephone- Record Player
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70: page 1,949- 1,976 Rectifier- Resistance
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71: page 1,977- 2,004 Resistor- Rocket
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72: page 2,005- 2,032 Rolling, metal- Salt
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73: page 2,033- 2,060 Salt production- Sea Rescue
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74: page 2,061- 2,088 Security Systems- Sextant
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75: page 2,059- 2,116 Shaver, electric- Ski
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76: page 2,117- 2,144 Ski Binding- Sosigenes
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77: page 2,145- 2,172 Sound- Speaking Clock
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78: page 2,173- 2,200 Special Effects- Spirits
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79: page 2,201- 2,228 Sports Equipment- Statics
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80: page 2,229- 2,258 Statistics- Steven
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81: page 2,257- 2,284 Stirling Engine- Sub machine Gun
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82: page 2,285- 2,312 Submarine- Surveying
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83: page 2,313- 2,340 Suspension- Tape Punch and Reader
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84: page 2,341-2,368-Teleprinter and Telex
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85: page 2,389- 2,396 Telescope- Theatrical Lighting
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84: page 2,397- 2,424 Thermic Lance- Ticket machines
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87: page 2,425- 2,425 Tides- Torricelli
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88: page 2,463- 2,480 Tracked Vehiles- Transistor
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89: page 2,481- 2,508 Transition Elements- Typewriter

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90: page 2,509- 2,536 Typewriter- 2,536
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91: page 2537- 2,564 Valency- Video Recording

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92: page 2,565- 2,592 Vinci- Wankel Engine
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93: page 2,593- 2,620 Warships- Water Supply
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94: page 2621- 2,648 Watt- Weighing Machines
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95: page 2,649- 2,676 Welding- Windmill and Windpump
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96: page 2,677- 2,704 Wind tunnel- Word Processing Systems

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97: page 2,705-Wright- Zworykin
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