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" Gonzo gizmos : "
Simon Quellen Field.
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BL
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984152
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b738522
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| Main Entry
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Field, Simon, (Simon Quellen)
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Gonzo gizmos : : projects devices to channel your inner geek /\ Simon Quellen Field.
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Chicago, Ill. :: Chicago Review Press,, ©2002.
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1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) :: illustrations
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1306037662
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: 1556527012
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: 9781306037662
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: 9781556527012
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1556525206
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Thoughts on safety -- Magnetism: Few simple magnet experiments -- Magnetorheological fluids -- Magnetic heat engine -- More about magnets -- Measures used in permanent magnets -- Levitating magnet -- Levitating pyrolytic graphite -- Gauss rifle -- Electromagnetism: Quickie electric motor -- Bigger motor -- Faster motor -- Motor with two coils -- High-voltage motor -- Rotary high-voltage motor -- Simple homemade Van De Graaff generator -- High-voltage ion motor -- Electrochemistry: Plastic hydrogen bomb -- Solar cell you can make in your kitchen -- Flat-panel solar cell -- Radios: Building a simple crystal radio -- Building a radio out of household implements -- Very simple radio with two parts -- Simple radio with two parts -- Simple radio with three parts -- Adding a capacitor (or three) -- Building your own capacitors -- Building your own diodes -- Going further -- Building a radio in 10 minutes -- Building a very simple am voice transmitter -- Building a three-penny radio -- Some fun packaging -- Thermodynamics: Hero's steam engine -- World's simplest steam-powered boat -- Rotary stream engine -- Film can cannon -- Mark II film can cannon -- Bimetal strip heat engine -- Metal that melts in hot water -- Make your own fusible alloy -- Light and optics: Simple laser communicator -- Make your own 3d pictures in minutes -- Make a permanent rainbow -- Solar-powered marshmallow roaster -- Fun with a big lens -- Solar hot dog cooker -- Simple spectroscope -- Polariscope -- Index.
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Step-by-step instructions to building more than 30 fascinating devices are included in this book for workbench warriors and grown-up geeks. Detailed illustrations and diagrams explain how to construct a simple radio with a soldering iron, a few basic circuits, and three shiny pennies. Instructions are included for a rotary steam engine that requires a candle, a soda can, a length of copper tubing, and just 15 minutes. To use optics to roast a hot dog, no electricity or stove is required, just a flexible plastic mirror, a wooden box, a little algebra, and a sunny day. Also included are experiments most science teachers probably never demonstrated, such as magnets that levitate in midair, metals that melt in hot water, a Van de Graaff generator made from a pair of empty soda cans, and lasers that transmit radio signals. Every experiment is followed by an explanation of the applicable physics or chemistry.
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Electronic apparatus and appliances-- Design and construction, Amateurs' manuals.
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Science-- Experiments.
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Electronic apparatus and appliances-- Design and construction.
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SCIENCE-- Experiments Projects.
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Science-- Experiments.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Electronics-- Digital.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Electronics-- Microelectronics.
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| Dewey Classification
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621.381
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TK9965.F47 2002eb
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