Monthly Archives: August 2009
How gun silencers work
The best way to reduce the noise from a firearm is by using a silencer. The silencer is a chamber that you add to the front of the gun barrel. It has a volume much larger than the gun barrel, … Continue reading
How the Flintlock mechanism works
The purpose of the flintlock mechanism is to ignite the gunpowder so a projectile will fire from a gun. A piece of flint is made to strike steel or iron such that a spark is created by burning iron and … Continue reading
How cannons work
Old fashioned cannons consist of a fuze, gunpowder, and a cannonball. Gunpowder is made of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate. When ignited, gunpowder has a rapid increase in volume, or solids and gas, which propels the cannonball out of the … Continue reading
How water guns work
The simplest water guns operate with few separate parts. There is a trigger mechanism, a water reservoir, a pipe, and a few springs. When the trigger is pressed, it is pushed into a spring, which reduces the volume in the … Continue reading
How Headphones and speakers work
To understand how headphones or speakers work, you must first understand how sound waves work. Sound propogates through a medium through variations in air pressure, or rarefaction. The waves reach our ears and vibrate our eardrums, which get translated by … Continue reading