false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176931236m/666626.jpg 666626 1 <div>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&#8212;a match-powered rocket&#8212;to the more complex&#8212;a scale-model, table-top catapult&#8212;to the offbeat&#8212;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.<br></div> 652678 1 6 2001 Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, and More Dynamite Devices total:68|5:17|4:35|3:15|2:1|1:0| 68 272 140 18 3 0 false false Tue Dec 30 10:11:25 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 10:11:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1996 Thu Jul 09 11:14:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 11:16:29 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jun 21 19:29:53 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 19:30:33 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jan 30 13:39:35 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 13:40:16 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 17 15:48:53 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 15:49:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 30 09:39:19 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 09:39:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 20:14:30 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 20:14:49 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Sat Jul 19 20:40:27 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 20:11:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 26 10:26:07 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 29 18:56:25 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 26 10:26:07 -0700 2008
The application of the concepts in this book is interesting, if not a little dangerous.

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