Modern marvels [ the weird and wonderful world of the everyday:sticky stuff and vacuums

In a million ways, we use adhesives to hold our world together. This episode of Modern marvels takes a look at the stickiest of the sticky and see how every aspect of our lives relies on this indispensiable technology. Go beyond cleaning floors and furniture and discover how mail was delivered in th...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Actuality Productions Inc , c2008
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Summary:In a million ways, we use adhesives to hold our world together. This episode of Modern marvels takes a look at the stickiest of the sticky and see how every aspect of our lives relies on this indispensiable technology. Go beyond cleaning floors and furniture and discover how mail was delivered in the 19th century with intricate networks of pneumatic vacuum tubes, and take an out-of- this- world trip to the planet's largest vacuum chamber at NASA's Plum Brook Research Center.
Item Description:Originally broadcast as episodes of the television series Modern marvels on the History Channel in 2007
Physical Description:2 videodisc(100 mins) : sd;col. 4 3/4 in
Production Credits:Camera, Jeff Broughton... [et al.] ; Sticky stuff: writers/producers, Philip Kruener, Gloria L. Morris ; editor, Lou LaProcido ; music Guy Thomas ; Vacuums: writer/producer, Penn Schofield ; editor, Steve Mellon ; music, Alan Ett Music Group
ISBN:AAAE146910LT2