Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, and More Dynamite Devices

William Gurstelle

ISBN 10: 1556523750 / ISBN 13: 9781556523755

Editore: Chicago Review Press, 2001

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G1556523750I4N00

Riassunto:

Ordinary folks can construct 13 awesome ballistic devices in their garage or basement workshops using inexpensive household or hardware store materials and this step-by-step guide. Clear instructions, diagrams, and photographs show how to build projects ranging from the simple—a match-powered rocket—to the more complex—a scale-model, table-top catapult—to the offbeat—a tennis ball cannon. With a strong emphasis on safety, the book also gives tips on troubleshooting, explains the physics behind the projects, and profiles scientists and extraordinary experimenters such as Alfred Nobel, Robert Goddard, and Isaac Newton. This book will be indispensable for the legions of backyard toy-rocket launchers and fireworks fanatics who wish every day was the fourth of July.

Informazioni sull'autore:

William Gurstelle is the author of Absinthe and Flamethrowers, The Art of the Catapult, the bestsellingBackyard Ballistics, Building Bots, Whoosh, Boom, Splat, andNotes from the Technology Underground. He is a professional engineer who has been researching and building model catapults and ballistic devices for more than 30 years. He is a contributing editor atMake magazine and writes frequently for Wired, The Rake, and several other national magazines. He can be contacted atnfttu.blogspot.com.

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Titolo: Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, ...
Casa editrice: Chicago Review Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2001
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket