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333 SCIENCE TRICKS & EXPERIMENTS
This volume since he
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was 5 years
old.
scientist in industry, yet
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man who worked
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with the project
Robert J. Brown,
Jr.
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enjoys our elementary and junior high
school tricks and experiments.
He
originated
many
of the experi-
ments and improved many others. It is also dedicated to my daughter, Betty Brown Yow, who began performing science tricks and experiments for me before she was 8 years old. Their assistance and encouragement have been invaluable through the years. Family cooperation could not have been possible without the love and understanding of my wife, Mary T. Brown.
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333 SCIENCE TRICKS & EXPERIMENTS ROBERT
TAB
J.
BROWN
TAB BOOKS
Inc.
BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, PA 17214
FIRST EDITION
FOURTH PRINTING Printed in the United States of America
Reproduction or publication of the content In any manner, without express permission of the publisher, is prohibited. No liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information herein. Copyright
©
Library of
Congress Cataloging
1984 by
TAB BOOKS
Inc.
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Brown, Robert J., 1907333 science tricks and experiments. Includes index. Experiments. 1. Science
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I.
Title.
II.
Title:
2.
Three hundred
Scientific recreations.
thirty-three science
and experiments. 507'.8 Q164.B8387 1984 ISBN 0-8306-0825-7 ISBN 0-8306-1825-2 (pbk.)
tricks
Line drawings by Frank W. Bolle. Technical assistance by Arthur Wood.
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Contents Introduction
& Momentum
vii
1
Inertia
2
Sound & Other Vibrations
3
Projects to Build
17
4
Tricks
32
5
Biology
6
Water & Surface Tension
7
Gravity
8
Electricity
9
Air, Air
& Psychology
&
Centrifugal Force
& Magnetism
Pressure & Gases
1
5
47 69 90 94 111
10
Heat
129
11
Light
139
12
Household Hints
152
13
Chemistry
161
14
IVIechanics
181
Index
196
Introduction This book contains some "Science for You" experiments that have
newspapers through the L.A. Times Syndicate. More exin 333 More Science Tricks and Experiments (TAB book No. 1835). The book brings interest and deUght to young and old aUke who have a natural and investigative curiosity about how and why things happen. This volume can be especially rewarding to teachers and students of science through junior high, fathers and mothers whose kids always need something challenging to do, prospective Science Fair contestants searching for good project ideas, and, not the least important, young people who seek desperately to understand the world around them. Many, if given the chance and pr