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Hi, Kathy. I think Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, CA, has
the exhibit you describe. There is another version of a tennis ball
launcher at the California Science Center's Big Lab, available from
Creative Machines in Tucson.
Chuck Howarth
Gyroscope has moved! Please note our new address:
Gyroscope, Inc.
283 Fourth Street, Suite 201
Oakland, CA 94607
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510-986-0111On May 2, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Kathy Krafft wrote:
> Hi all--
>
> Somewhere, long ago, one of our wonderful volunteers saw a neat
> exhibit where a small diameter pipe is connected near the bottom of
> a large diameter pipe. A bowling ball drops down the large pipe,
> compressing the air inside it; this causes the tennis ball resting
> on the smaller diameter tube to shoot way up in the air. He'd like
> to build one for our outdoor Science Park area.
>
> Our early experiments have not been very successful. Any hints or
> suggestions as to someone who has done this successfully would be
> most appreciated!
>
> Kathy Krafft
> Exhibit Projects Director
> Sciencenter
> Ithaca, NY
> 607-272-0600 x25
>
>
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