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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
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS
CONCLUSIONS 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
APPLICATIONS TO DAILY OBSERVATIONS
CALCULATION 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
NOTES
LIQUID-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
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