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Backyard ballistics : build potato cannons, paper match rockets, Cincinnati fire kites, tennis ball mortars, and more dynamite devices / William Gurstelle. by Gurstelle, William. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, c2001. Subjects Science -- Experiments.   Ballistics -- Experiments. Description:  xix, 169 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN:  1556523750 (pbk. : alk. paper) Contents:  1. Keeping safety in mind -- 2. The potato cannon -- 3. Back porch rocketry -- 4. Cincinnati fire kite -- 5. Greek fire and the catapult -- 6. Tennis ball mortar -- 7. The flinger -- 8. Pnewton's petard -- 9. Dry cleaner bag balloon -- 10. Carbide cannon -- 11. Ballistic pendulum. Notes:  Includes index. Summary:  This step-by-step guide enables ordinary folks to construct 13 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. With a strong emphasis on safety, Backyard Ballistics also provides troubleshooting tips, explains the physics behind each project, and profiles such scientists and extraordinary experimenters as Alfred Nobel, Robert Goddard, and Isaac Newton, among others. Requests:  0 Available:  5   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Champaign Public Library Nonfiction 531.5507 Gur On Shelf Add Copy to MyList Champaign Public Library Nonfiction 531.5507 Gur On Shelf Add Copy to MyList Urbana Free Library - Adult Department NonFiction, 2nd Floor 531.55/GUR On Shelf Add Copy to MyList Urbana Free Library - Adult Department NonFiction, 2nd Floor 531.55/GUR On Shelf Add Copy to MyList Martinsville Public Library District Non-fiction 531.55 GUR On Shelf Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to: