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Book

Simple machines

Call Number

  • 688.725 I851.1 (CEN)

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Publication Information

San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, c2011.

Physical Description

x, 157 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Contents

  • Gears
  • Shafts and connectors
  • Gear combinations
  • Gears in a turntable
  • Gears in series
  • Angles gears
  • Worm drives
  • Chains and treads
  • Rubber bands
  • Rack-an-pinion gears
  • Moving to and fro
  • Moving freely
  • Going the distance
  • Motors and gears
  • Building in any direction
  • Strong combinations
  • Two simple chassis
  • Doors
  • Pulley systems
  • Rubber band power
  • More uses for gears
  • Making music.

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