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Book

Fantastic contraptions

Call Number

  • 688.725 I851 (CEN)

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Publication Information

San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, c2011.

Physical Description

xi, 161 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Contents

  • Four-legged walkers
  • Six-legged walkers
  • Two-legged walkers
  • Using wind
  • Using weights
  • Movement through vibration
  • Using springs
  • Using magnets
  • Using lights
  • Using pneumatics
  • Using solar panels
  • Chairs and tables
  • Off-center axis of rotation
  • Intermittent movement
  • Changeover mechanisms
  • Changeover by switching a motor's rotational direction
  • Mystery.

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