TABLE OF CONTENTS: Contents in Detail vii
Project Ratings xi
Preface xiii
KINETIC CURIOSITIES
1. Hovering Rings 3
2. Dynabrolly 14
3. Gravity Reversal 21
4. Maypole Drill 28
5. Rotarope 33
STRONG STRING THINGS
6. String Nutcracker 45
7. Twisted Sinews 51
STRONG NOTHING
8. Vacuum Muscles 61
9. Vacuum Bazooka 70
SOUNDS PECULIAR
10. String Radio 83
11. Mole Radio 93
12. Bat Doppler 102
TRANSMISSIONS WITH OMISSIONS
13. Toothless Gearwheels 113
14. Flying Pulleys 121
CLOCKS WITHOUT CUCKOOS OR QUARTZ
15. The Crank and the Pendulum 127
16. A Symphony of Siphons 134
17. Bernoulli's Clock 142
CURIOUS CONVEYANCES
18. Dougall or U'brocraft 151
19. Follow That Sunbeam 157
20 Duohelicon 167
21. Fishy Boat 174
22. Rotarudder 182
23. Cable Yacht 190
ANTEDILUVIAN ELECTRONICS
24. Beard Amplifier 199
25. Tornado Transistor 207
ELECTRIC WATER
26. Meltdown Alarm 215
27. Electric Rainbow jelly 222
INFERNAL INVENTIONS
28. Binary Match 229
29. Ultimate Bunsen Burner 234
Useful Materials and Components 241
A Reminder about Units 245
Bibliography 247
Index 251
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