The motorboat book : build & launch 20 jet boats, paddle-wheelers, electric submarines & more / Ed Sobey.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Sobey, Edwin J. C., 1948-

Series:

• Science in Motion
• Science in motion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Ship models--Juvenile literature.
• Motorboats--Juvenile literature.
• Handicraft--Juvenile literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

• Motorboat book : build and launch 20 jet boats, paddle-wheelers, electric submarines and more
• Motorboat book : build & launch twenty jet boats, paddle-wheelers, electric submarines & more

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>There's more than one way to power a toy boat. Electric motors, balloons, gears, water jets, belt drives, chemical reactions, steam, and even gravity can be used to propel a small ship across a pool. Also, the boats' propellers and paddles can be side-mounted or at the stern, or even sit above the waterline, like a fan-powered swamp boat. <I>The Motorboat Book</I> will show children how to build more than 20 different models through step-by-step instructions with clear photos. And if they'd rather travel under the water than over it, the book ha

Contents:

• Front Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Ahoy!; 1. Start with an Ocean; Large Oceans; Smaller Oceans; Tiny Seas; 2. Build a Hull; Free and Easy Hulls; Aluminum Hulls; Two-Minute Boats; Extruded Aluminum Boat Hulls; Other Hull Materials; 3. Propel That Boat; Sails; Gravity-Powered Boat; Gravity-Powered Boat with Electric Pump; Balloon-Powered Boat; Rubber Band-Powered Boats; Nose Hook Boat; Stern Wheeler or Paddle-Wheeler; Side Wheeler or Side Paddle-Wheeler; Electric Boats; Swamp Boat; Even Easier Swamp Boat; Motor Duck DUKW; Motorboat; Belt Drive Boat; Gear Drive Boat
• Water Jet BoatSolar-Powered Boat; Rainy Day Solar-Powered Boat; Steamboat; Pneumatic Jet Boat; Chemically Powered Boats; Plop Plop, Fizz Fizz Skiff; Baking Soda Semisubmersible; Adjustable Rudder; 4. Pump It Up: Move Some Water; Take Apart a Pump; Water Pistol; Hand Pump; Electric Pump; Make a Pump; Baster Pump; Diaphragm Pump; Electric Pump; Siphon Pump; 5. Going Down: Submarines; Medusa Submarine; Organic Submarine; Waterproof a Motor; Sub Duck; Bathyscaphe; Electric Submarine; Waterproof a Battery Case; Submersible ROV; 6. Projects for a Tiny Sea; Amazing Holdup; Mustard Submarine; Foghorn
• Make Steel FloatMake Some Waves; Make Some More Waves; References; Appendix A: Sources for Materials; Appendix B: Meeting Science Standards; Glossary of Nautical Terms; Back Cover

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-61374-448-X

OCLC:

827208409