College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
1N20.40 - Pop Pop Boat
See also: 1Q40.85 and 1Q40.90.
Be sure you fill the chamber with water. The operation of the boiler/motor of the boat can be likened to the dynamics of a Feynman Reverse Sprinkler.
- H. Richard Crane, "The Pop-Pop Boat", TPT, Vol. 35, # 3, p. 176-177, March 1997.
- I. Finnie and R. L. Curl, "Physics in a Toy Boat", AJP, Vol. 31, #4, April 1963, p. 289.
- Jearl Walker, "4.52, Toy Putt-Putt Boat", The Flying Circus of Physics Ed. 2, p. 199.
- Ed Sobey, Woody Sobey, "Pop-Pop Boat", The Way Toys Work, p. 100.
- Simon Quellen Field, "The World's Simplest Steam-Powered Boat", Gonzo Gizmos, p. 142 - 145.
- Simon Quellen Field, "A Rotary Steam Engine", Gonzo Gizmos, p. 146 - 148.
- H.J. Press, "Steamboat", Giant Book of Science Experiments, p. 109.
- Neil. A. Downie, "Giant Putt-Putt Boat", Ink Sandwiches, Electric Worms and 37 Other experiments for Saturday Science, p. 73.
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