Inventions That
Changed the World
DAVID MAULE
Level 4
Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter
Pearson Education Limited
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and Associated Companies throughout the world.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8223-1
First published by Penguin Books 2005
This edition first published 2008
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