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Title:Backyard Ballistics : Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, & More Dynamite Devices
Author:William Gurstelle
ISBN:1556523750 : 9781556523755
Illustrations:50 b/w photos
Format:Paperback
Size:180x255mm
Pages:274
Weight: .41 Kg.
Published:IPG (Chicago Review Press) - July 2001
List Price: 11.5 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Popular science


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.