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Wedges and ramps / Chris Oxlade.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Simple machinesPublication details: London : Franklin Watts, 2007.Description: 32 pages; color illustrations; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780749675691
  • 0749675691
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 621.811 22
Contents:
What is a simple machine? -- Pushes and pulls -- How wedges and ramps work -- Cutting with wedges -- Piercing with wedges -- Gripping with wedges -- Lifting with ramps -- More ramps -- Wedges and ramps in machines -- Wedges and ramps in the past -- Fun with wedges: testing a wedge -- Fun with ramps: sliding up a ramp -- Spot the wedges and ramps -- Words to remember.
Summary: There are wedges and ramps all around us - from the axe used to chop wood to the special ramps used by wheelchairs. But what are wedges and ramps, and how do they work? This book answers these questions and many more. With clear text and colourful illustrations, it explains what these simple machines do and why they are so useful to us in our everyday lives.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Junior Non-Fiction Junior Non-Fiction Waimate Junior Non-Fiction Children &Young Adults Section 621.811 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00480831

"An Appleseed Editions book."

Includes index.

What is a simple machine? -- Pushes and pulls -- How wedges and ramps work -- Cutting with wedges -- Piercing with wedges -- Gripping with wedges -- Lifting with ramps -- More ramps -- Wedges and ramps in machines -- Wedges and ramps in the past -- Fun with wedges: testing a wedge -- Fun with ramps: sliding up a ramp -- Spot the wedges and ramps -- Words to remember.

There are wedges and ramps all around us - from the axe used to chop wood to the special ramps used by wheelchairs. But what are wedges and ramps, and how do they work? This book answers these questions and many more. With clear text and colourful illustrations, it explains what these simple machines do and why they are so useful to us in our everyday lives.

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