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33. Letters (note 14).
34. Willy Ley and Herbert Schaefer, "Les Fusees volantes
meteorologiques," L'Aerophile, vol. 44, 1936, pp. 228-32.
35. F. J. Malina, "Characteristics of the Rocket Motor Unit
Based on the Theory of Perfect Gases," Journal of the
Franklin Institute, vol. 230, no. 4, 1940, pp. 433-54.
36. J. W. Parsons, "A Consideration of the Practicability of
Various Substances as Fuels for Jet Propulsion," GALCIT
Rocket Research Project, Report 7, 10 June 1937, unpublished.
37. F. J. Malina and J. W. Parsons, U. S. Patents 2,573,471,
2,693,077, and 2,774,214. Originally filed 8 May 1943.
38. See note 6.
39. A. M. O. Smith in letter to the author, 29 December
1966.
40. See note 2 and also 42, below.
41. A. Bartocci, "La forza di reazioni neU'efflusso di gas,"
L'Aerotecnica, March 1938.
42. F. J. Malina, Doctor's Thesis, California Institute of
Technology, 1940.
43. H. S. Tsien and F. J. Malina, "Flight Analysis of a
Sounding Rocket with Special Reference to Propulsion by
Successive Impulses," Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences,
vol. 6, 1938, pp. 50-58.
44. See note 19.
45. See Goddard, Papers, vol. 3, p. 1199; and The Wind
and Beyond (note 2), pp. 240-42.
46. See note 6.
47. Louis Damblanc, "Les fusees autopropulsives a explosifs,"
L'Aerophile, vol. 43, 1935, pp. 205-09, 241-47.
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48. The Wind and Beyond (note 2), pp. 206-07.
49. See note 5 and "Designs Rocket Ship to Fly at 4,400
Miles an Hour," Chicago Daily News, 12 April 1935; "Pasadena
Men Aim at Rocket Altitude Mark," Pasadena Star
News, 15 July 1938; Scholer Bangs, "Rocket Altitude Record
Sought," Los Angeles Examiner, 15 July 1938; William S.
Barton, "Our Expanding Universe," Los Angeles Times, 26
November 1939; and "Seeking Power for Space Rockets,"
Popular Mechanics, August 1940, pp. 210-13.
50. F. J. Malina. "The Rocket Motor and Its Application
as an Auxiliary to the Power Plants of Conventional Aircraft,"
GALCIT Rocket Research Project, Report 2, 24
August 1938, unpublished.
51. C. W. Schnare, "Development of ATO and Engines for
Manned Rocket Aircraft," American Rocket Society, Preprint
2088-61, p. 7; and R. C. Stiff, Jr., "Storable Liquid Rockets,"
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Preprint
67-977, p. 2 and fig. 11.
52. Prix et medailles descernes par la Societe, Bulletin de la
Societe Astronomique de France, vol. 53, 1939, p. 296.
53. F. J. Malina, "Report on Jet Propulsion for the National
Academy of Sciences Committee on Air Corps Research,"
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory Report, Misc. No. 1),
21 December 1938 (unpublished).
54. Review by Th. von Karman of C. M. Bolster, "Assisted
Take-off of Aircraft" (James Jackson Cabot Fund Lecture,
Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, Publication no. 9,
1950.—Ed.), Journal of the American Rocket Society, no. 85,
June 1951, p. 92; The Wind and Beyond (note 2), p. 243.