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Gurstelle, William.
Subjects
Scientific recreations.
Science -- Experiments.
Ballistics -- Experiments.
Projectiles.
Rocketry.
Catapult -- Design and construction.
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Gurstelle, William.
Scientific recreations.
Science -- Experiments.
Ballistics -- Experiments.
Projectiles.
Rocketry.
Catapult -- Design and construction.
MARC Display
Backyard
ballistics
:
build
potato
cannons
,
paper
match
rockets
,
Cincinnati
fire
kites
,
tennis
ball
mortars
, and
more
dynamite
devices
/ William Gurstelle.
by
Gurstelle, William.
Chicago Review Press, 2012.
Call #:
531.55 G981b 2012
Subjects
Scientific recreations.
Science -- Experiments.
Ballistics
-- Experiments.
Projectiles.
Rocketry.
Catapult -- Design and construction.
ISBN:
9781613740644 (pbk.)
1613740646 (pbk.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Description:
xxiii, 210 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes:
"Expanded and even
more
explosive."
Includes index.
Originally published: Chicago : Chicago Review Press, c2001.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
This updated and expanded step-by-step guide enables ordinary folks to construct
more
than 13 awesome ballistic
devices
using inexpensive household or hardware store materials. Clear instructions, diagrams, and photographs show how to
build
projects ranging from the simple, a match-powered rocket, to the
more
complex, a tabletop catapult, to the classic, the infamous
potato
cannon, to the offbeat, a
Cincinnati
fire
kite.
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