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Exploding Disk Cannons, Slimemobiles, and 32 Other Projects for Saturday Science /
Presents thirty-four science experiments of varying difficulty that can be completed in one day, including a rope ratchet motor, exploding laser spots, and a calculator communicator.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; PROJECTILES; 1 Exploding Disk Cannon: Learn about fracture propagation and launch projectiles; DESIGNER DEMOLITION; 2 Balloon Detonator: Finish your party with a bang, not a whimper; 3 Slowly Exploding Bolts: Boost your next moon rocket; NEW MOTORS; 4 Vacuum Engine, or Negative Steam Engine: Transmit power with nothing; 5 Rope Ratchet Motor: Power a motor with a piece of string; 6 The 50-Cent Stepper Motor: Learn how modern motors work; PUSHING STRING; 7 The Pull-me-to-push-me: Pull a lot of string backward, and you can push a bit of string forward.
- 8 Land Jiggers: Alternatively, try ice jiggers and go fishing with Inuit9 Power Strings: What could be more annoying than rows of electricity pylons?: Whistling electricity pylons!; PECULIAR VEHICULARS; 10 Ekranoplan: The close-shaving aircraft: is it a razor or an airplane?; 11 Slimemobile: Keep your prop turning and don't run out of slime; 12 Ball River Bobsled: This vehicle coasts on ball bearings; 13 Skidmobile: Drive everywhere in a skid; CURIOUS CONTROLS; 14 Wet Blanket Valve Flow Control: Try to control this enthusiastic valve.
- 15 Electrolytic Gas Pedal: Adapt an Edison loudspeaker as a speed control16 Piezistor: A Victorian Amplifier: Madame Curie could have invented this transistor; GRANULES AND PARTICULES; 17 Rice Grain Ski Jump: Try these sporting activities for cereals; 18 Niagara Meter: Shadows show flow; 19 Magical Magnetic Valveless Valves: Stir a little magnetism into your hourglass; 20 A Balance of Air Blasts: Sweep gold dust from your carpet, leave the dog hairs behind; PERCEPTIVE ILLUSIONS; 21 Hovering Images: Mirages appear with the aid of rotating lenses and mirrors.
- 22 Moire Microscope: All you need are grids of tiny holesLASER LIGHT SHOWS; 23 Exploding Laser Spots: Watch this laser-scattering light show; 24 Instant Parabola Spots: It's all done with smoke and mirrors (and a laser); OF MORSE AND MEN; 25 Messages in Wriggling Lines: Communicate with Morse pens and chartagrams; 26 Helidoodle: Transmit images in spirals; 27 Calculator Communicator: Send messages using this binary teleprinter; INSTRUMENTS; 28 Posture Meter: Are you sitting comfortably? This meter will tell you; 29 No Smoke without Gas: Assemble the world's cheapest nucleonic gas analyzer.
- 30 Spongy Gas: Soak up sounds with certain gases31 Soda Water Gas Analyzer: Try the world's only drinkable gas analyzer; 32 Electric Plastic: Turn a piece of packaging into a mini-chemistry lab; CHEMICAL CORNER; 33 Electric Sand: Use triboelectricity for flow metering; 34 Electric Invisible Ink: Print your designs in deep blue with electrolysis; Hints and Tips; Suggested Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.