| When Volume One of The Way ThingsWork was published it was praised onevery hand. In the words of Time Maga-zine: "In this technological age, theworld has long been divided into twocamps. There are those who want toknow how the complex machines thatare so much a part of their lives reallywork; and there are those who couldn tcare less, as long as the machines some-how keep functioning. For those whonourish any technical curiosity at all,this lucid book provides a thorough col-lection of answers." Now this second and new volume ofthe now-classic illustrated encyclope-dia of technology provides 171 moreconcise, lucid explanations (each oneclearly illustrated with a facing diagram)of the principles, processes and ma-chines of the industrial age, from thesimple to the complex- -from aerosol sprays to SCUBA ap- paratus, --from VTOL aircraft to color televi- sion (explained in full color), --from silos and silage to time-divi- sion multiplexing, --from safety binding for skis to mine ventilation,and many more things you have often |
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