Unconventional vehicles : forty-five of the strangest cars, trains, planes, submersibles, dirigibles, and rockets ever Cover Image

Unconventional vehicles : forty-five of the strangest cars, trains, planes, submersibles, dirigibles, and rockets ever / by Michael Hearst ; illustrated by Hans Jenssen.

Hearst, Michael, 1972- (author.). Jenssen, Hans, 1963- (illustrator.).

Summary:

"In this illustrated compendium, readers will learn about forty-five of the strangest, most unconventional vehicles that have ever existed--from submersibles to dirigibles, and everything in between"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 1452172862
ISBN: 9781452172866
Physical Description: 97 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm.
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books LLC, [2021].
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

A few words from Michael -- Official list -- Airboard personal hovercraft -- Airbus Beluga -- Airfish 8 -- Autoalveare -- Bathyscaphe Trieste -- Beer bike -- Bell X-1 -- Bertha: tunnel-boring machine -- Big wind -- Domicopter -- E-Ship 1 -- eleMMent Palazzo -- Flying cathedral -- Flying jellyfish -- Gas-turbine motorcycle -- Graf Zeppelin airship -- Hammetschwand elevator -- Handcar -- Helios Solar aircraft -- Human cannonball truck -- Hyperloop -- HZ-1 aerocycle -- Jail wagon -- Jet pack -- Jet train -- Krupp Bagger 288 -- Liberty One steam-powered rocket -- Lockheed XFV -- Monowheel -- Moon buggy -- Onewheel electric rideable -- Ostrich carriage -- Ripsaw -- Scubadoo -- Solar-powered race car -- Stoopidtaller -- Strollon stroller -- Swallowable wireless camera -- The Turtle -- USS Zumwalt -- Voyager -- Walking truck -- Winston Wong Ice Vehicle -- Zamboni -- Zil-2906 -- A closing word or two.

Target Audience Note:

Age 8-12.

Grades 4 to 6.

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