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Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of rocket development from early Chinese fire arrows to modern-day space shuttles, discussing the science behind rocket flight while outlining projects that use the forces of thrust, gravity, lift, and drag.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This book uses true life crime stories from early cases like the St. Valentine's Day Massacre to more recent war crimes in Croatia to engage readers while educating them on forensic firearm analysis, which includes identifying basic types of firearms and bullets, matching bullet toolmarks to a specific gun, and gathering crime scene evidence. --Provided by publisher
4) Ballistics
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Describes the science of ballistics, including the types of weapons and ammunition used in crimes, clues guns and bullets leave behind, techniques used by ballistics experts, and how ballistics evidence is used to solve crimes.
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
This step-by-step guide enables ordinary folks to construct 13 awesome ballistic devices using inexpensive household or hardware store materials. Clear instructions, diagrams, and photographs show how to build projects ranging from the simple, a match-powered rocket, to the more complex, a tabletop catapult, to the classic, the infamous potato cannon, to the offbeat, a Cincinnati fire kite. With a strong emphasis on safety, Backyard Ballistics also...
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