Author : Richard Platt
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,27 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Engineering drawings
ISBN : 9780789479648
Cross-sectional illustrations present an inside view of such structures as a medieval castle, factory, and subway station.
Author : Stephen Biesty
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 34,17 MB
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0744020735
This children's book explores the innermost workings of some extraordinary buildings and machines. From helicopters to submarines, skyscrapers to coal mines, open up a fascinating world packed with unique and detailed cutaway drawings. Whether it's a Spanish galleon or a medieval castle, each cross-section slice or exploded view reveals what's going on inside. See the people swarming inside the Empire State Building, the workers busy backstage at the opera house, and where the crew sleeps on a jumbo jet. Included also are two impressive foldouts showing an ocean liner and a steam train. There are lots of fun facts to be discovered, and curious details are highlighted and explained. Did you know one of the funnels of the Queen Mary liner was fake and used for storing deckchairs? And in almost every scene, there's the challenge to find a man on the toilet! With more than a million copies sold, Stephen Biesty's award-winning illustrated book is as fascinating today as it was when first published in 1992. Incredible Cross-Sections is the ultimate way to see how things work.
Author : Richard Platt
Publisher :
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 45,41 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Body, Human
ISBN : 9780751371031
A collection of all the favourite Biesty titles: Incredible Cross-Sections, Incredible Explosions, Man-of-War, Castle, Incredible Body, and Incredible Everything, together with new illustrations, never seen before. This book reveals the insides of buildings, machines and landscapes, shows how many ordinary and extraordinary things are made and takes you on a journey through the human body.
Author : Richard Platt
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 34,99 MB
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0744020751
History comes alive in this incredible children's illustrated book about castles. Slicing through different areas of a medieval fortress, extraordinary views reveal the people busy inside, preparing for battle as an enemy army approaches. Packed with facts, you'll find out what it takes to build a massive 14th-century castle, dress a knight in armor, or prepare a feast fit for a king or queen. From the drawbridge to the dungeon, Cross-Sections Castle swarms with the people who keep the castle going--the workers, craftsmen, and servants. And, as you pore over every page, look out for the villainous spy. Is he in the well... the keep... the moat? No? Keep looking, he's there somewhere! Back in print after 20 years, you can now cheer on jousters, be entertained by a troubadour, and witness the gory details of a traitor's demise. This unique illustrated book for kids is not just the story of a castle; it brings medieval history to life.
Author : Stewart Ross
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 10,92 MB
Release : 2013-12
Category : Discoveries in geography
ISBN : 9781406348668
From Pytheas the Greek, who sailed to the Arctic Circle without a compass, to Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, here are 14 extraordinary journeys by land, sea and air - each remarkable for the way it was made, for the technology behind it, and for the inspiration it gave to future generations. Storytelling, fold-out cross sections, detailed maps and technical drawings enable readers to experience the excitement of exploration.
Author : Stephen Biesty
Publisher :
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 20,14 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Castles
ISBN : 9780751350463
Enter through the keep and be transported back in time to everyday life in a medieval castle. The format draws readers into this hive of activity in realistic and compelling detail - the luxurious apartments of the lord and the lady of the manor, the squalor of the cesspit cleaner, and prisoners left to rot in the secret dungeons, all embellished by text with odles of astonishing facts.
Author : David Dean
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 11,83 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780683303858
Featuring full color cross-sectional images from The Visible Human Pro ject, this new atlas is co-authored by a radiologist and includes orie ntation drawings with corresponding MRIs and CTs. Thus students can un derstand the relationship between anatomy and how it is represented in these imaging modalities. The text includes 100 full color tissue ima ges, 200 line drawings, and 200 magnetic resonance and computed tomogr aphy images. Images are labeled with numbers; the key is on a separate two-page spread to facilitate self-testing.
Author : Walter Brown Gibson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,46 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Conjuring
ISBN : 0486203840
Written by the master magician himself, this fascinating work reveals the secrets behind how Houdini escaped numerous death-defying stunts and exposed a variety of fake spiritualists. He also gives instructions for 44 eye-catching stage tricks, as well as other fascinating material. 155 illustrations.
Author : Richard Platt
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,58 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Big books
ISBN : 9780789410245
Text and cross-section illustrations present inside views of a variety of subjects including a space station, airport, and windmill.
Author : Tom Rosenbauer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 17,34 MB
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1493025821
This essential book on fly tying will teach anyone how to tie flies. All the important techniques are illustrated with color photographs, from starting the thread on the hook to whip finishing. The book lays the basic ground work by fully explaining simple tying techniques, and then progresses to detailed tying instructions for some of the most popular, modern patterns. How to choose and prepare the correct material, and all the necessary tying steps for each fly, are detailed in superb, large, color photographs. Even if you have no previous tying experience, you'll be able to tie dries, nymphs, streamers, saltwater offerings, and bass bugs after just a few sessions with this book. The tyer is then advised how to progress to similar patterns using the same basic techniques. Also included is a huge reference of fly patterns - more than four hundred flies from the Orvis catalog are shown in full color, along with the tying recipes and proportions for each one. This book, drawing from the Orvis Company's vast resources and teaching experience and written by an author whose name is synonymous with Orvis, has become the bible for fly-tyers of all skill levels.
