Main Title |
Vacuum bazookas, electric rainbow jelly, and 27 other Saturday science projects |
Author |
Downie, N. A.
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Publisher |
Princeton University Press, |
Year Published |
2001 |
OCLC Number |
47141002 |
ISBN |
0691009856 (alk. paper) 0691009864 (pbk.) |
Subjects |
Science--Experiments
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EIAM |
Q164.D69 2001 |
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Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
01/24/2003 |
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Collation |
xvi, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-249) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Kinetic curiosities: Hovering rings -- Dynabrolly -- Gravity reversal -- Maypole drill -- Rotarope -- Strong string things: String nutcracker -- Twisted sinews -- Strong nothing: Vacuum muscles -- Vacuum bazooka -- Sounds peculiar: String radio -- Mole radio -- Bat Doppler -- Transmissions with omissions: Toothless gearwheels -- Flying pulleys -- Clocks without cuckoos or quartz: Crank and the pendulum -- Symphony of siphons -- Bernoulli's clock -- Curious conveyances: Dougall or vibrocraft -- Follow that sunbeam -- Duohelicon -- Fishy boat -- Rotarudder -- Cable yacht -- Antediluvian electronics: Beard amplifier -- Tornado transistor -- Electric water: Meltdown alarm -- Electric rainbow jelly -- Infernal inventions: Binary match -- Ultimate Bunsen burner. |