Tập
Modern Marvels: Episode 25
Tóm tắt
Rubber, plastic, nylon, aerosols, resins, solvents, & lubricants; none can exist without oil. If we stopped driving our cars tomorrow, America would still need 5 million barrels of oil a day.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Modern Marvels
- Mùa
- Mùa 15
- Tập
- Tập 25
- Ngày phát sóng
- 2008-07-31
- Thời lượng
- 44 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 25 là tập 25 trong Season 15 của Modern Marvels. Tập này phát sóng ngày 2008-07-31. Thời lượng là 44 min.
Tập trước / tập sau
Tập 24
Every 15 minutes, Americans insert over 3.5 million coins into vending machines. What are they buying? How do the machines work?
Tập 26
How iron mined in Minnesota is made into steel; iron weapons revolutionize warfare; military metallurgists customize weapons and demonstrate their firepower; iron magnets.
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Tập 27
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Tập 28
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Tập 29
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Tập 20
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Tập 30
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Tập 19
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Tập 31
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