Book 6

Constructions

by Chris Oxlade

Published 20 August 1997

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.