Jones, Charlotte Foltz.

Mistakes that worked / [by] Charlotte Foltz Jones ; ill. by John O'Brien. - New York : Doubleday, 1991. - 78 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SLJ A IRA HB BL

Presents the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, frisbees, silly putty, and velcro.

3-A. 3.5.

0385262469 0385320434 (pbk.)

89037408 /AC


Inventions--Juvenile literature.
Inventions.

T48 / .J66 1991

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