Whoosh boom splat
Subtitle: build jam jar jets, elastic zip cannons, clothespin snap shooters, and more legendary launchers
By: William Gurstelle
Edition: Revised and updated second edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781613739075
Subjects: Experiments; Handicraft; Toy making; Science; Miniature weapons; Ballistics
Description: "This step-by-step guide shows how to build a dozen fun and impressively powerful launchers with inexpensive household and hardware store materials"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Early artillery and the night lighter; title: The jam jar jet; title: Hired guns and the elastic zip cannon; title: Sports science and the mechanical toe; title: Legendary launchers; title: The T-shirt cannon; title: The Achitronito, Leonardo da Vinci's steam cannon; title: Blowguns; title: Xyloexplosive devices; title: The whooshing sky puppet; title: Little ludgar, the gravity powered hurling machine.