This book explains how to design and construct small scale, simple mechanical devices made for fun. It covers materials, including paper and card, wood, wire, tinplate and plastics, and mechanisms such as levers and linkages, cranks and cams, wheels, gears, pulleys, springs, rat…
Designing and making successful automata involves combining materials, mechanisms and magic. Making Simple Automata book explains how to design and construct small scale, simple mechanical devices made for fun. Materials such as paper and card, wood, wire, tinplate and plastics …
This book explains how to design and construct small scale, simple mechanical devices made for fun. It covers materials, including paper and card, wood, wire, tinplate and plastics, and mechanisms such as levers and linkages, cranks and cams, wheels, gears, pulleys, springs, rat…
This book explains how to design and construct small scale, simple mechanical devices made for fun. It covers materials, including paper and card, wood, wire, tinplate and plastics, and mechanisms such as levers and linkages, cranks and cams, wheels, gears, pulleys, springs, rat…
"With detailed patterns, concise instructions and step-by-step colour photographs, these charming projectsa are simple enough to complete in a weekend"--Publisher's description.
"A thousand years before Isaac Asimov set down his Three Laws of Robotics, real and imagined automata appeared in European courts, liturgies, and literacy texts. Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, and silent metal guardians; some served to en…
A thousand years before Isaac Asimov set down his Three Laws of Robotics, real and imagined automata appeared in European courts, liturgies, and literacy texts. Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, and silent metal guardians; some served to ent…
A thousand years before Isaac Asimov set down his Three Laws of Robotics, real and imagined automata appeared in European courts, liturgies, and literary texts. Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, and silent metal guardians; some served to ent…
"Build 33 easy-to-make wooden action toys that bring science to life and actually demonstrate the laws of physics right before your eyes. These creative projects combine ingenuity and woodworking with real-life lessons in science, technology, engineering, art, and math--aka STEA…
"Build 33 easy-to-make wooden action toys that bring science to life and actually demonstrate the laws of physics right before your eyes. These creative projects combine ingenuity and woodworking with real-life lessons in science, technology, engineering, art, and math--aka STEA…
