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The way toys work : the science behind the magic 8 ball, etch a sketch, boomerang, and more

Title
The way toys work : the science behind the magic 8 ball, etch a sketch, boomerang, and more / Ed Sobey and Woody Sobey.
Author
Sobey, Edwin J. C., 1948-
Publication
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2008.

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Sobey, Woody
Description
xiii, 178 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Mechanical toys > History
  • Toy making
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178).
Contents
Aerobie -- Air Hog -- AstroBlaster -- Balsa wood plane -- Bicycle -- Big mouth Billy bass -- Boomerang -- Bubble gun -- Die-cast toy -- Diving submarine -- Dunking bird -- Electric train -- Erector set -- Etch A Sketch -- Fiction car -- Frisbee -- Furby -- Gyroscope -- Helicopter -- Hula hoop -- Jack-in-the-box -- Kaleidoscope -- Magic 8 Ball -- Magna Doodle -- NERF fun -- Nintendo entertainment system -- Operation -- Play-Doh -- Playful penguin race -- Pop-pop boat -- Potato gun -- Pullback car -- Push 'n' go car -- Radio-controlled car -- Remote-controlled robot -- Rubik's cube -- silly putty -- Slinky -- Stilts and jumping stilts -- Stomp rocket -- Super soaker -- video game light gun -- View-Master -- Vortex tornado -- Water pistol -- Water rocket -- Wiffle ball -- Windup toy -- X-zylo -- Yo-yo.
Call Number
JSE 12-112
ISBN
  • 9781556527456
  • 1556527454 (pbk.)
LCCN
2008001303
OCLC
190786123
Author
Sobey, Edwin J. C., 1948-
Title
The way toys work : the science behind the magic 8 ball, etch a sketch, boomerang, and more / Ed Sobey and Woody Sobey.
Imprint
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178).
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Sobey, Woody.
Research Call Number
JSE 12-112
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