
My Best Book of Speed Machines
Ian Graham(Author)
Kingfisher Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 18. March 2002
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-0-7534-0675-5 (ISBN)
Description
People have an insatiable desire for speed whether they travel in a fast vehicle, or watch others speeding on television or at the racetrack. This book of speed machines introduces children to the ordinary, and the most extraordinary, speeding machines on land, on the water and in the air. As well as fast Jaguar sports cars that hug the road, twin-hulled hydroplanes that skim across the water and Mig-25 jet fighters that power through the sky, there are the record-breakers such as the Transrapid Maglev, Ken Warby's "Spirit of Australia" and the X-15 rocket-plane.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Children/juvenile
Illustrations
colour illustrations, glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 236 mm
Weight
411 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7534-0675-5 (9780753406755)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1 Title; 2-3 Copyright and contents; 4-5 Fast, Faster, Fastest; 6-7 Record Breakers; 8-9 The Land Speed Record; 10-11 Winner Takes All; 12-13 What a Drag; 14-15 High Performance; 16-17 Pedal Power; 18-19 Superbikes; 20-21 On the Rails; 22-23 Full Speed Ahead; 24-25 Wave-riders; 26-27 Fastest in the Air; 28-29 Going Hypersonic; 30 How Fast Can We Go? 31 Glossary; 32 Index