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Make 50 wild and wacky (but useful!) contraptions
Chaline, Eric.
Adult Nonfiction T339 .C45 2008
Chaline, Eric.
Adult Nonfiction T339 .C45 2008
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| Contents | Page |
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| Introduction | p. 6 |
| Contraption Engineering | |
| Building a Contraption | p. 10 |
| Classical Mechanics | p. 12 |
| The Building Blocks: Basic Components | p. 14 |
| Simple Machines | p. 16 |
| Wheels, Cogs, Gears, and Pulleys | p. 18 |
| Pendulums, Projectiles, Pivots, and Springs | p. 20 |
| Magnets and Other Forms of Propulsion | p. 22 |
| Safety and Other Considerations | p. 24 |
| Contraptions | p. 1 |
| Hands-Free Page Turner Projects | p. 28 |
| 1 - Hands-Free Page Turner | p. 30 |
| 2 - Alarm Clock Dunker | p. 32 |
| 3 - High Roller | p. 33 |
| 4 - Can-tilever | p. 34 |
| 5 - Sands of Time | p. 35 |
| Contraptions | p. 6 |
| Coin-Operated Toothpaste Squeezer Projects | p. 38 |
| 6 - Coin-Operated Toothpaste Squeezer | p. 40 |
| 7 - Push Me. Pull You | p. 42 |
| 8 - Leaps of Faith | p. 43 |
| 9 - The Little Squirt | p. 44 |
| 10 - Auto-Power | p. 45 |
| Contraptions | p. 11 |
| Solar-Powered Plant Shader Projects | p. 48 |
| 11 - Solar-Powered Plant Shader | p. 50 |
| 12 - The Vaporizer | p. 52 |
| 13 - The Concertina | p. 53 |
| 14 - The Venetian Rollerblind | p. 54 |
| 15 - The Metropolis | p. 55 |
| Contraptions | p. 16 |
| Tabletop Fountain Projects | p. 58 |
| 16 - Tabletop Fountain | p. 60 |
| 17 - Water Cooler | p. 62 |
| 18 - A Spoonful of Sugar | p. 63 |
| 19 - Sugar Tower | p. 64 |
| 20 - Water Cannon | p. 65 |
| Contraptions | p. 21 |
| Magneto Sugar-Cube Dispenser Projects | p. 68 |
| 21 - Magneto Sugar-Cube Dispenser | p. 70 |
| 22 - Wagon Wheels | p. 72 |
| 23 - Spiral Slide | p. 73 |
| 24 - Stirred not Shaken | p. 74 |
| 25 - Gumball Wizard | p. 75 |
| Contraptions | p. 26 |
| High-Security Snake Releaser Projects | p. 78 |
| 26 - High-Security Snake Releaser | p. 80 |
| 27 - Liftoff | p. 82 |
| 28 - Sliding Doors | p. 83 |
| 29 - The Tumbler Lock | p. 84 |
| 30 - The Trawler | p. 85 |
| Contraptions | p. 31 |
| Wind-Powered Rocket Launcher Projects | p. 88 |
| 31 - Wind-Powered Rocket Launcher | p. 90 |
| 32 - Stars and Stripes | p. 92 |
| 33 - The Archimedes | p. 93 |
| 34 - Pulling Advantage | p. 94 |
| 35 - The Nutcracker | p. 95 |
| Contraptions | p. 36 |
| Water-Powered Bath Alarm Projects | p. 98 |
| 36 - Water-Powered Bath Alarm | p. 100 |
| 37 - The Throne Raiser | p. 102 |
| 38 - Magneto-Chime | p. 103 |
| 39 - The Ferris Wheel | p. 104 |
| 40 - Bubble Bath Whisker | p. 105 |
| Contraptions | p. 41 |
| Energy-Saver Light Switch Projects | p. 108 |
| 41 - Energy-Saver Light Switch | p. 110 |
| 42 - The Jet Stream | p. 112 |
| 43 - The Double Helix | p. 113 |
| 44 - The Centrifuge | p. 114 |
| 45 - The Helicopter Launcher | p. 115 |
| Contraptions | p. 46 |
| Gravity Domino Righter Projects | p. 118 |
| 46 - Gravity Domino Righter | p. 120 |
| 47 - Son of Domino Righter | p. 122 |
| 48 - Return of the Domino Righter | p. 123 |
| 49 - The Domino Righter Strikes Back | p. 124 |
| 50 - Humane Mousetrap | p. 125 |
| Index | p. 126 |
| Resources | p. 128 |
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