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Can I read The Hot Air Balloon Book: Build and Launch Kongming Lanterns, Solar Tetroons, and More (Science in Motion) on EtoBox?
The Hot Air Balloon Book: Build and Launch Kongming Lanterns, Solar Tetroons, and More (Science in Motion) by Clive Catterall is a children's nonfiction book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Hot Air Balloon Book: Build and Launch Kongming Lanterns, Solar Tetroons, and More (Science in Motion) about?
"More than a century before the Wright Brothers' first flight, humans were taking to the skies in hot air balloons. Today, with basic craft skills, you can build and safely launch your own balloons using inexpensive, readily available materials. Author and inventor Clive Catterall provides illustrated, step-by-step instructions for eight different homemade models, as well as the science and history behind them. Some, like the Solar Tetroon or the Giant Solar Sausage, are made from plastic bags a
Who reads The Hot Air Balloon Book: Build and Launch Kongming Lanterns, Solar Tetroons, and More (Science in Motion)?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Clive Catterall
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781480626171
- Category
- children's nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Science, Engineering
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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