Going up! : Elisha Otis's trip to the top

Titre
Going up! : Elisha Otis's trip to the top

Monica, Kulling

Sommaire
Recounts the story of the invention of the elevator and of its creator, tracing Otis's route from a farm boy watching ropes break on the hay hoist to his contributions to high-rise innovations and other feats of modern architecture.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2012

Great idea series

Description matérielle
32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm.

Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-fiction Finalist 2013

Vedette-matière - nom de personne
Otis, Elisha Graves, 1811-1861.

Terme de vedette-matière
Elevators -- History.
 
Inventors -- Biography.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Parkins, David,

Résumé
Recounts the story of the invention of the elevator and of its creator, tracing Otis's route from a farm boy watching ropes break on the hay hoist to his contributions to high-rise innovations and other feats of modern architecture.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9781770492400

Informations de publication
Toronto, Ontario : Tundra Books, [2012]
 
©2012


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