Earth borers / by Ryan Nagelhout.
Material type: TextSeries: Technology takes on naturePublisher: New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781482457858
- 1482457857
- 9781482457834
- 1482457830
- 9781482457841
- 1482457849
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 621.865 N147 | Available | 33111008787984 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Earth borers are huge, amazing tools that help build tunnels. Readers will dig deep underground with these massive machines to learn how they chew up rocks and dirt and help engineers build new things far below Earth's surface. Vibrant full-color photographs showcase these large borers and the tunnels they create, which are used by cars, trucks, and even trains to take people from place to place. This innovative title also looks at the environmental impact these machines have on our lives and potential problems they cause, such as sinkholes.
Saving Bertha -- Going under -- Protecting the tunnel -- Launching Bertha -- Watching closely -- Under the Alps -- The Chunnel -- Digging into trouble -- Scrap or bury? -- Pushing through.
"Earth borers are huge, amazing tools that help build tunnels. Readers will dig deep underground with these massive machines to learn how they chew up rocks and dirt and help engineers build new things far below Earth's surface. Vibrant full-color photographs showcase these large borers and the tunnels they create, which are used by cars, trucks, and even trains to take people from place to place. This innovative title also looks at the environmental impact these machines have on our lives and potential problems they cause, such as sinkholes"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.