The building of the Panama Canal was brought to a standstill by mosquitoes. The suspension cables of New York's Brooklyn Bridge contain enough steel wire to stretch acrodd the Atlantic four times.
This is a collection of scientific facts about constructions. Each paragraph focuses on a different mind-blowing fact, such as that the suspension of New York's Brooklyn Bridge contains enough steel wire to stretch across the Atlantic four times.
- ISBN10 0340689943
- ISBN13 9780340689943
- Publish Date 20 August 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 February 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Imprint Hodder Children's Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English