On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, phil wrote: >> Wow! How about a sextant? Simple device really. And a great practical >> demonstration of trigonometry. > > Excellent idea, even found a few how to sites. We'll do it. > Any others?
A ballista? For many years when i was a kid, my dad wanted to build a ballista; he collected loads of literature on it. There's a surprising amount of maths involved - the Greeks actually devised instruments for computing cube roots in order to do it! Perhaps not an ideal project for schoolkids, though. tom -- How did i get here? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
