books about: contraption

books about: contraption

books:

Contraption

Lego Crazy Action Contraptions (Klutz)

Klutz, 2008

My 9 year old loves it.
Scott loved the vehicles and the making things that sail on a pulley accross our family room.

Contraptions
Heath Robinson

Overlook Hardcover, 2007

Here is a splendid treasury, the definitive volume of the comic fantasies of the great English artist William Heath Robinson, whose name passed into the English language during his lifetime. In America, we have the "Rube Goldberg devices;" in England, they call them "Heath Robinson contraptions." Robinson's elementary mechanical world is ...

Gizmos & Gadgets: Creating Science Contraptions That Work (& Knowing Why) (Williamson Kids Can! Series)

Jill Frankel Hauser

Williamson Publishing Company, 1999

Great Intro to Physics!
My nine year old son loves this book! It has some great projects to do (using easy-to-find materials) while also introducing famous scientists and scientific principles like the laws of motion. We were following the The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical ...

Kid Concoctions & Contraptions

John E. Thomas, Danita Thomas

Kid Concoctions Company, 2001

Great Science Projects!
Great science projects. We made the hover craft and had hover craft races with my sons 4th grade class. The kids learned about science and had a wonderful time. This is my sons favorite book....and mine too.

Snowball Launchers, Giant-Pumpkin Growers, and Other Cool Contraptions

Tom Fox

Sterling, 2006

Amazed!!
I will enjoy doing these projects with my kids!! There is so much neat stuff in here. I read the entire book in one sitting and found some great information in it. I wanted to get started right away! I was really impressed by the moth-bot project. Kids will have ...

Make 50 Wild and Wacky (but Useful!) Contraptions

Robert Brandt, Eric Chaline

Collins, 2008

Should be called - Make 10 Wild and Wacky (but useless) ...
I really wanted to like this book because I have always been fascinated by Rube Goldberg type contraptions. But sadly, this book falls far short in many ways. First, the title is misleading. There are basically 10 contraptions with 5 variations of each. For example, ...

Device Volume 1 - Fantastic Contraption
Gregory Brotherton, Ashley Wood, ...

Idea & Design Works Llc, 2008

An international group of contemporary artists whose work embodies the genius of invention and creativity have been bought together by Device Gallery to exhibit their most Fantastic Contraptions, creating a remarkable collection of curious things.

Ingenious Gadgets: Guess the Obscure Purpose of Over 100 Eccentric Contraptions

Maurice Collins

David & Charles, 2005

A Fun Look at Some Really Weird Contraptions!
Originally published in England, this book showcases 100+ weird and wacky - and sometimes, really nifty - gadgets from the last 100 years. Nuts-and-bolts fans and antiquers will love this book; it's a hoot! Paging through this book is like stepping back into ...

Making Marble-Action Games, Gadgets, Mazes & Contraptions: Designs for 10 Outlandish, Ingenious and Intricate ...

Alan Bridgewater, Gill Bridgewater

Stackpole Books, 1999

OK for ideas, but not for projects
I was disappointed as well. I expected projects I could build, but nothing struck me as worth the time. The basic ideas are OK, marble rollers, and so on. But I would only use this stuff as a departure point for my own designs.

Lego Crazy Action Contraptions: A Lego Inventions Book (Klutz)

Dan Rathjen

Klutz Press, 1998

Excellent
This product was well received by my grandchildren. They have made many of the project, which stimulated their own projects. Thank you.

Antique Phonograph: Accessories & Contraptions (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Timothy C. Fabrizio, George F. Paul

Schiffer Publishing, 2003

The antique phonograph is the center of a beautiful, brilliant, and sometimes bizarre universe of accessories. The commercial development of the phonograph, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, inspired a host of adjunct technology, from fancifully-painted flower horns to record storage disguised as furniture. Here are gadgets ...

Make Your Own Contraptions: Design and Build 50 Marvellous Machines
Robert Beattie

David & Charles, 2007

Universal truths: the stories we've told ourselves about the heavens and the Earth.(The Garnd Contraption: ...
Jennifer Michael Hecht

Thomson Gale, 2005

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Eccentric Contraptions: and Amazing Gadgets, Gizmos and Thingamabobs

Maurice Collins, Ian Kearey

David & Charles Publishers, 2004

A good coffee table book
Actually I bought this book as a gift to my brother. After flipping through the pages, I decided to read it cover to cover. It's a very interesting and easy read. You can finish it in a couple hours. What I did was I looked at the picture and tried to guess what the ...

Analytical Anthology of Music

Ralph Turek

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 1992

Analytical Anthology of Music by Ralph Turek
This is a great overview of printed scores from all the periods of music history beginning with the Medieval Chant to 1979. Each score is in its entirety or is an important section of a piece. The pieces contained within are quintessential pieces by each composer, ...