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Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, and More Dynamite Devices (Paperback)
by William Gurstelle (Author) "When you were a child, people told you not to play with matches for a good reason-they can be dangerous!..." (more)
Key Phrases: Sir Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, United States (more...)
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Burt Constable, Arlington Heights Daily Herald
"Offers a safe, cheap, and legal, labor-intensive and intellectually challenging to the 'oops I blew off my fingers' debacle."

Time Out New York
If you'd like to launch a potato in a blazing fireball of combusting hairspray, this is your best source.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 274 pages
  • Publisher: Chicago Review Press (June 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1556523750
  • ISBN-13: 978-1556523755
  • Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars 39 customer reviews (39 customer reviews)
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