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c2004., Chicago Review Press Call No: 623.4 41 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents detailed illustrated instructions for building seven historic catapults that rely on using the basic skill of math and physics and includes a history of siege.
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2018., Chicago Review Press Call No: 623.4 GURSTELLE Edition: 2nd edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Describes the catapult and other instruments of siege warfare, and provides step-by-step instructions for creating them as designed by the ancient Greeks and scientists of the Middle Ages.
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2012., Chicago Review Press Call No: HI-INT 531.5 GUR Edition: 2nd ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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. 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. This book will be indispensable for the legions of backyard toy-rocket launchers and fireworks fanatics who wish every day were the Fourth of July.
