LEADER 04562nam 22006613u 450 001 9911006709003321 005 20230801234305.0 010 $a9781523125012 010 $a1523125012 010 $a9780486174341 010 $a0486174344 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334852 035 $a(EBL)1919775 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1919775 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1919775 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL570510 035 $a(OCoLC)900346245 035 $a(Perlego)1444369 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334852 100 $a20150119d2012|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRockets $eTwo Classic Papers 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNewburyport $cDover Publications$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (162 p.) 225 1 $aDover Books on Aeronautical Engineering 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780486425375 311 08$a0486425371 327 $aTitle Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; A METHOD OF REACHING EXTREME ALTITUDES; PREFACE; A METHOD OF REACHING EXTREME ALTITUDES; A METHOD OF REACHING EXTREME ALTITUDES; PART I. THEORY; METHOD TO BE EMPLOYED; STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM; REDUCTION OF EQUATION TO THE SIMPLEST FORM; RIGOROUS SOLUTION FOR MINIMUM M AT PRESENT IMPOSSIBLE; SOLUTION OF THE MINIMUM PROBLEM BY AN APPROXIMATE METHOD; PART II. EXPERIMENTS; EFFICIENCY OF ORDINARY ROCKET; EXPERIMENTS IN AIR WITH SMALL STEEL CHAMBERS; EXPERIMENTS WITH LARGE CHAMBER; EXPERIMENTS IN VACUO; DISCUSSION OF RESULTS 327 $aDISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONSCONCLUSIONS FROM EXPERIMENTS; SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ABOVE EXPERIMENTS AS REGARDS CONSTRUCTING A PRACTICAL APPARATUS; PART III. CALCULATIONS BASED ON THEORY AND EXPERIMENT; APPLICATION OF APPROXIMATE METHOD; VALUES OF THE QUANTITIES OCCURRING IN THE EQUATIONS; DIVISION OF THE ALTITUDE INTO INTERVALS; CALCULATION OF MINIMUM MASS FOR EACH INTERVAL; EXPLANATION OF TABLES V AND VI; CALCULATION OF MINIMUM MASS TO RAISE ONE POUND TO VARIOUS ALTITUDES IN THE ATMOSPHERE; CHECK ON APPROXIMATE METHOD OF CALCULATION; RECOVERY OF APPARATUS ON RETURN 327 $aAPPLICATIONS TO DAILY OBSERVATIONSCALCULATION OF MINIMUM MASS REQUIRED TO RAISE ONE POUND TO AN "INFINITE" ALTITUDE; SUMMARY; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A - THEORY OF THE MOTION WITH DIRECT LIFT; APPENDIX B - THEORY OF THE DISPLACEMENTS FOR SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION; APPENDIX C - THEORY OF DIRECT-LIFT IMPULSE-METER; APPENDIX D - THEORY OF SPRING IMPULSE-METER; APPENDIX E - CHECK ON APPROXIMATE METHOD OF CALCULATION, FOR SMALL CHARGES FIRED IN RAPID SUCCESSION; APPENDIX F - PROOF THAT THE RETARDATION BETWEEN 500,000 FT. AND 1,000,000 FT. IS NEGLIGIBLE; APPENDIX G - PROBABILITY OF COLLISION WITH METEORS 327 $aNOTESLIQUID-PROPELLANT ROCKET DEVELOPMENT; LIQUID-PROPELLANT ROCKET DEVELOPMENT; INTRODUCTION; THE ESTABLISHMENT IN NEW MEXICO; STATIC TESTS OF 1930-32; FLIGHTS DURING THE PERIOD 1930-32; RESUMPTION OF FLIGHTS IN NEW MEXICO; DEVELOPMENT OF STABILIZED FLIGHT; PENDULUM STABILIZER; GYROSCOPE STABILIZER; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; CONCLUSION; A Biographical Note and Appreciation 330 $aRockets, in the primitive form of fireworks, have existed since the Chinese invented them around the thirteenth century. But it was the work of American Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) and his development of liquid-fueled rockets that first produced a controlled rocket flight. Fascinated by rocketry since boyhood, Goddard designed, built, and launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926. Ridiculed by the press for suggesting that rockets could be flown to the moon, he continued his experiments, supported partly by the Smithsonian Institution and defended by Charles Lindbergh. T 410 0$aDover Books on Aeronautical Engineering 606 $aRocketry 606 $aRockets (Aeronautics) 606 $aUpper atmosphere$vRocket observations 606 $aLiquid propellant rockets 615 0$aRocketry. 615 0$aRockets (Aeronautics) 615 0$aUpper atmosphere 615 0$aLiquid propellant rockets. 676 $a621 700 $aGoddard$b Robert$01438219 701 $aGoddard$b Robert Hutchings$f1882-1945.$01823329 701 $aGoddard$b Robert Hutchings$f1882-1945.$01823329 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911006709003321 996 $aRockets$94389920 997 $aUNINA