Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents in Brief v
3. Contents in Detail vii
4. Project Ratings xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Kinetic Curiosities
7. 1. Hovering Rings 3
8. 2. Dynabrolly 14
9. 3. Gravity Reversal 21
10. 4. Maypole Drill 28
11. 5. Rotarope 33
12. Strong String Things
13. 6. String Nutcracker 45
14. 7. Twisted Sinews 51
15. Strong Nothing
16. 8. Vacuum Muscles 61
17. 9. Vacuum Bazooka 70
18. Sounds Peculiar
19. 10. String Radio 83
20. 11. Mole Radio 93
21. 12. Bat Doppler 102
22. Transmissions with Omissions
23. 13. Toothless Gearwheels 113
24. 14. Flying Pulleys 121
25. Clocks without Cuckoos or Quartz
26. 15. The Crank and the Pendulum 127
27. 16. A Symphony of Siphons 134
28. 17. Bernoulli's Clock 142
29. Curious Conveyances
30. 18. Dougall or Vibrocraft 151
31. 19. Follow That Sunbeam 157
32. 20. Duohelicon 167
33. 21. Fishy Boat 174
34. 22. Rotarudder 182
35. 23. Cable Yacht 190
36. Antediluvian Electronics
37. 24. Beard Amplifier 199
38. 25. Tornado Transistor 207
39. Electric Water
40. 26. Meltdown Alarm 215
41. 27. Electric Rainbow Jelly 222
42. Infernal Inventions
43. 28. Binary Match 229
44. 29. Ultimate Bunsen Burner 234
45. Useful Materials and Components 241
46. A Reminder about Units 245
47. Bibliography 247
48. Index 251