Engines (children's book)

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Engines

Cover of Engines
Author L. Sprague de Camp
Illustrator Jack Coggins
Cover artist Lowell Hess
Country United States
Language English
Subject(s) Engineering
Publisher Golden Press
Publication date 1959
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 56 pp
ISBN NA

Engines is a 1959 science book for children by L. Sprague de Camp, illustrated by Jack Coggins, published by Golden Press. A revised edition issued as part of the publisher's Golden Library of Knowledge Series was published in 1961.

As stated on the cover, the work is a survey of "Man's use of power, from the water wheel to the atomic pile."

[edit] References

  • Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller, 52-53.