Stories by C. L. Stong

The dynamics of a golf club and the aerodynamics of air-supported vehicles

Some experiments on the effects of ionizing radiation on plants

How to grind, polish and test an aluminum telescope mirror

How to make and investigate vortexes in water and flame

How to repeat Cavendish's experiment for determining the constant of gravity

A large telescope for a home observatory and a light meter for use in the darkroom

How to generate free radicals and collect them for analysis

A simple analogue computer that simulates Pavlov's dogs

How to locate a thunderstorm and track it by detecting the radio waves it generates

How to construct a stream, table to stimulate geological processes

How to make a highly accurate clock that utilizes tunnel diodes

How to collect and preserve the delicate webs of spiders

Experiments with ptyalin demonstrate the basic principles of enzyme action

An apparatus for studying crystallization in solutions frozen on a mercury surface

How to build and maintain aquariums for organisms that life in the ocean

How to make a ripple tank to examine wave phenomena

How to build a polarograph, a sensitive instrument for making chemical analyses

How streams of water can be used to create analogues of electronic tubes and circuits

How an electric field can modulate light by changing the refractivity of a crystal

Analysis of blood-serum proteins by means of zone electrophoresis

How to study the diffusion of liquids and build a sensitive exposure meter

Experiments with a plant-growth inhibitor and a report on a fixed-eyepiece telescope

Growing crystals in silica gel mimics natural mineralization

About two radio telescopes that were made by amateurs