{"product_id":"2940015224399","title":"Physics Lab in a Hardware Store","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA QUICK NOTE TO PARENTS AND EDUCATORS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE — LINEAR MEASUREMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeasuring Systems — Tape Measures — Calipers [Open-jawed and Vernier]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWO — FRICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSandpaper — Files — Lubricants\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THREE — INERTIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FOUR — THE INCLINED PLANE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNails — Axes, Hatchets, and Mauls — The Splitting Wedge — The Cold Chisel — The Wood Chisel — The Plane — The Wooden Wedge — The Ladder — Screws and Bolts — The Wood Screw — Machine Screws and Nuts — Anchors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FIVE — THE LEVER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Claw Hammer — The Pry Bar — Pliers, Tin Snips, and Scissors — Wrenches — Spring Clamps — The Wheelbarrow — The Pry Bar — The Hammer — The Pry Bar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SIX — THE WHEEL AND AXLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCasters — The Wheelbarrow — The Screwdriver — The Circular Saw — The Brace — The Hand Drill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN — THE PULLEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimple Pulleys — Window Shades — Compound Pulleys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT — COMBINATION TOOLS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdjustable Wrenches — Vises — The Vise Grip© — Bolt Cutters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER NINE — MASS, WEIGHT, AND GRAVITY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Plumb Line — The Fisherman's Scale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TEN — BUOYANCY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Level\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ELEVEN — CUTTING TOOLS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWELVE — PRESSURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Nail and the Axe — Automobile Jacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX A — REVIEW OF BASIC SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElements, Atoms, and Molecules — General Properties of Matter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX B — ENGLISH AND METRIC MEASUREMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGLOSSARY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOR FURTHER READING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrowsing through hardware stores can be fun, interesting, and informative. Hardware stores sell tools and supplies used by mechanics, plumbers, carpenters, homeowners, hobbyists, and do-it-yourselfers. When you have-and know how to use-tools, you can demolish, disassemble, fix, or build just about anything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was very lucky as a youngster. My grandfather, Louis Helfand, was an expert mechanic and woodworker. He came to live in my parent's house when I was about 10 years old. While he lived with us, he showed me the correct way to use and care for tools. It was through his patience, and his ability to explain the functions of tools, that I became interested in both the tools and the scientific principles that allow them to work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrandpa took tools very seri­ously. He praised the ones that were well made and cursed the ones that weren't. In other words, he told it like it was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I walk through a hard­ ware store today, I remember Grandpa pointing out the tools, both good and bad. Sometimes his comments made me laugh so hard that my stomach hurt.\u003cbr\u003eHardware stores still hold a fascination for me. There always seem to be new, strange, nifty, cool, wonderful machines, and tools. I can look at them, touch them, examine them, and even buy them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is written as a guidebook to help you learn the scientific principles that make some of the tools dis­played in a hardware store work. I hope that after read­ing this book you will enjoy browsing through hardware stores as much as I do. Who knows? One day we might even meet in one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis comments made me laugh so hard that my stomach hurt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardware stores still hold a fascination for me. There always seem to be new, strange, nifty, cool, wonderful machines, and tools. I can look at them, touch them, examine them, and even buy them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is written as a guidebook to help you learn the scientific principles that make some of the tools dis­played in a hardware store work. I hope that after read­ing this book you will enjoy browsing through hardware stores as much as I do. Who knows? One day we might even meet in one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Quick Note to Parents and Educators\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhysics Lab in a Housewares Store, a companion volume in this series, demonstrates many of the same principles as this book. That has been done with intent. Many of the students who will be attracted to one of the titles will probably not be attracted to the other, due to traditional gender preferences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose that are attracted to both will have the added pleasure of finding out that a workshop and a kitchen have many things in common, and that tools found in one might...","brand":"Leila's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146280845552,"sku":"2940015224399","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015224399_p0.jpg?v=1763620136","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015224399","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}