The Practical Pyromaniac: Build Fire Tornadoes, One-Candlepower Engines, Great Balls of Fire, and More Incendiary Devices

by William Gurstelle

Book Overview

The Practical Pyromaniac combines science, history, and DIY pyrotechnics to explain humankind's most useful and paradoxical tool: fire. William Gurstelle, author of the bestselling Backyard Ballistics and frequent contributor to Popular Mechanics and Make magazine, presents 25 projects with instructions, diagrams, photos, and links to video demonstrations that enable people of all ages (including young enthusiasts with proper...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569767106
• ISBN13: 9781569767108
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 10.0"