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Backyard ballistics : build potato cannons, paper match rockets, Cincinnati fire kites, tennis ball mortars, and more dynamite devices / William Gurstelle.
"This bestsellling guide has been expanded and updated, enabling ordinary folks to construct even more exciting ballistic devices in their garage or basement workshops than ever before"--Cover p. [4].
Record details
- ISBN: 9781613740644
- ISBN: 1613740646
- Physical Description: xxiii, 210 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, 2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Expanded and even more explosive." Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Keeping safety in mind -- The potato cannon -- Back porch rocketry -- The Cincinnati fire kite -- Greek fire and the catapult -- The tennis ball mortar -- The sublimator -- The flinger -- Pnewton's petard -- The powder keg -- The dry cleaner bag balloon -- The carbide cannon -- The electromagnetic pipe gun -- The ballistic pendulum. |
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Subject: | Science > Experiments. Ballistics > Experiments. |