温度计（Thermometer）

◆ Gardner, Robert. Temperature and Heat. Simon&Schuster, 1993.

◆ Macaulay, David. The Way Things Work. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988.

◆ Meehan, Beth Ann. “Body Heat, ”Discover. January 1993, pp. 52—53.

◆ Parker, Steve. Eyewitness Science: Electricity. Dorling Kindersley, 1992.

◆ Rocoznica, June. “Fast Fever Readings, ”Health. March 1990, pp. 38＋.

灯泡（Light Bulb）

◆ Adler, Jerry. “At Last, Another Bright Idea”, Newsweek. June 15, 1992, p. 67.

◆ “Bright Ideas in Lightbulbs”, Consumer Reports. October 1992, pp. 664—670.

◆ Coy, Peter. “Lightbulbs to Make America Really Stingy with the Juice”, Business Week. March 29, 1993, p. 91.

◆ Macaulay, David. The Way Things Work. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988.

◆ Panati, Charles. Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things. Harper&Row, 1987.

◆ Parker, Steve. Eyewitness Science: Electricity. Dorling Kindersley, 1992.

铅笔（Pencil）

◆ Schifman, Jonathan. “The Write Stuff: How the Humble Pencil Conquered the World. ”PopularMechanics. com, August 16, 2016. Web. Retrieved June 30, 2017.

邮票（Postage Stamp）

◆ Briggs, Michael. Stamps. Random House, 1993.

◆ Introduction to Stamp Collecting. US Postal Service, 1993.

◆ Lewis, Brenda Ralph. Stamps！A Young Collector's Guide. Lodestar Books, 1991.

◆ Olcheski, Bill. Beginning Stamp Collecting. Henry Z. Walck, 1991.

◆ Patrick, Douglas. The Stamp Bug. McGraw-Hill, 1978.

橡皮筋（Rubber Band）

◆ Cobb, Vicki. The Secret Life of School Supplies. J. B. Lipincott, 1981.

◆ Gottlieb, Leonard. Factory Made: How Things Are Manufactured. Houghton-Mifflin, 1978.

◆ Graham, Frank, and Ada Graham. The Big Stretch: The Complete Book of the Amazing Rubber Band. Knopf, 1985.

◆ McCafferty, Danielle. How Simple Things Are Made. Subsistence Press, 1977.

◆ Wulffson, Don L. Extraordinary Stories behind the Invention of Ordinary Things. Lothrop, Lee&Shepard Books, 1981.

强力胶（Super Glue）

◆ Hand, A. J. “Secrets of the Super Glues”, Popular Science. February 1989, pp. 82—83＋.

◆ “What to Know about Super Glues, ”Consumers' Research. November 1990, pp. 32＋.

◆ Reader's Digest: How in the World? Reader's Digest, 1990.

拉链（Zipper）

◆ Caney, Steven. Invention Book. Workman Publishing, 1985.

◆ Macaulay, David. The Way Things Work. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988.

◆ Panati, Charles. Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things. Harper&Row, 1987.

◆ Petroskey, Henry. The Evolution of Useful Things. Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

◆ Reader's Digest: How in the World? Reader's Digest, 1990.

◆ Zipper！An Exploration in Novelty. W. W. Norton&Co. , 1994.