Liquid-propellant rocket development. Washington, Smithsonian Institution 1936. Gr.8°. Mit 11 Tafeln. 10 S. OU.

(= Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 95, Number 3). Erste Ausgabe der grundlegenden Schrift über flüssigkeitsgetriebene Raketen. - First edition. "Goddard was the first scientist who not only realized the potentialities of missiles and space flight but also contributed directly in bringing them to practical realization. This rare talent in both creative science and practical engineering places Goddard well above the opposite numbers among the European rocket pioneers. The dedicated labors of this modest man went largely unrecognized in the United States until the dawn of what is now called the "space age." - Unaufgeschnittenes Ex.

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