With 17 easy-to-do experiments and 300 exciting pictures, this is
the story of transportation on water: the vessels, the people and
the technology. It features amazing information about every type of
vehicle - from canoes, fishing trawlers and ferries, to warships,
submarines and hovercraft. It explains how ships work, with the
help of exciting step-by-step experiments to do at home or school.
You can build a model reed boat, test which hull shapes move the
fastest through water, power a propeller with a rubber-band engine,
and make a navigation light. It captures the thrills and spectacle
of life and work at sea, in more than 300 dramatic photographs and
detailed illustrations. By inventing ways to travel on water,
people have been able to see and trade with new lands, conquer new
territories, fight great sea battles and enjoy new sports. This
book will help you to understand why ships have played such an
important part in human history.With the aid of cross-section
illustrations and simple experiments to do at home, you will
discover how vessels stay afloat, how a sail works, what keeps a
submarine underwater, how a hovercraft skims on air, the elements
of navigation, and much more.
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