Copyright l 2012
by
The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.
Previous editions copyright 2008, 2004
Previously published and copyrighted as Technology: Design and
Applications by The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wright, R. Thomas
Exploring design, technology & engineering / R. Thomas Wright, Ryan A.
Brown. p. cm.
Rev. ed. of Technology, design and applications / R. Thomas Wright, Ryan A.
Brown. 2008.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-60525-420-3
1. Technology--Textbooks. 2. Industrial design--Textbooks. I. Brown, Ryan A. II.
Title.
T47.W738 2012
600--dc22 2010033181