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• Sloth and Sengi are friends. they have grown up together in the zoo, and know every bit of their enclosure. And, frankly, they are a little bored with it. So they begin to plan an escape, with the help of some simple machines … This book introduces such simple machines as levers, gears, planes, and pulleys.
• Inclined to escape — Living on the wedge — Getting leverage — Lots of levers — A wheely bad idea — Getting in gear — Push and pulley — Pulley power — A screwy plan — Drilling in — Getting complex — Escape?

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• Simple machines — Juvenile literature.
• Zoo animals — Juvenile literature.
• Toy and movable books — Specimens.
• Simple machines.
• Zoo animals.
• Toy and movable books.
• Toy and movable books. lcgft
• Juvenile works. fast (OCoLC)fst01411637
• Specimens. fast (OCoLC)fst01423861

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• In this memoir adapted for young readers, William Kamkwamba describes the drought that struck his tiny village in Malawi, his subsequent interest in science, and his idea to build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William’s windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land.– (Source of description not identified)
• Middle School.
• Accelerated Reader 5.8
• 860 Lexile

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• Kamkwamba, William, 1987- — Juvenile literature.
• Mechanical engineers — Malawi — Biography — Juvenile literature.
• Inventors — Malawi — Biography — Juvenile literature.
• Windmills — Malawi — Juvenile literature.
• Electric power production — Malawi — Juvenile literature.
• Irrigation — Malawi — Juvenile literature.
• Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
• Mechanical engineers.
• Inventors — Malawi.
• Windmills — Malawi.
• Electric power production — Malawi.
• Irrigation — Malawi.
• Kamkwamba, William, 1987- fast (OCoLC)fst01914592
• Malawi. fast (OCoLC)fst01209421
• Biography. fast (OCoLC)fst01423686
• Juvenile works. fast (OCoLC)fst01411637

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• Mobile Robotics offers comprehensive coverage of the essentials of the field suitable for both students and practitioners. Adapted from Alonzo Kelly’s graduate and undergraduate courses, the content of the book reflects current approaches to developing effective mobile robots. Professor Kelly adapts principles and techniques from the fields of mathematics, physics and numerical methods to present a consistent framework in a notation that facilitates learning and highlights relationships between topics. This text was developed specifically to be accessible to senior level undergraduates in engineering and computer science, and includes supporting exercises to reinforce the lessons of each section. Practitioners will value Kelly’s perspectives on practical applications of these principles. Complex subjects are reduced to implementable algorithms extracted from real systems wherever possible, to enhance the real-world relevance of the text — Provided by publisher.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Introduction — Math fundamentals — Numerical methods — Dynamics — Optimal estimation — State estimation — Control — Perception — Localization and mapping — Motion planning.

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• Mobile robots — Textbooks.
• Textbooks. fast (OCoLC)fst01423863

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• A Richard Jackson Book.
• Map on front endpapers.
• Includes bibliographical references.
• Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
• Caldecott Medal, 2014.
• Robert F. Sibert Honor, 2014.
• Orbis Pictus Honor, 2014.

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• Locomotives — United States — History — 19th century — Juvenile literature.
• Railroads — United States — History — 19th century — Juvenile literature.
• Locomotives — United States — History — 19th century.
• Railroads — United States — History — 19th century.
• Locomotives. fast (OCoLC)fst01001752
• Railroads. fast (OCoLC)fst01088711
• United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155
• 1800 – 1899 fast
• History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628
• Juvenile works. fast (OCoLC)fst01411637

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