This is a wonderful book though the title may be a bit misleading as
the book details all manners of all aerospace engines which function as
a jet. Rockets, ramjets, pulsejets, wave engines, airflow jets, turbojets,
ramrockets, and nuclear jets.
It's a collection of 12 volumes A through L by over 100 contributors,
all experts in their field of propulsion. Almost 800 pages of history,
pictures, diagrams, graphs, and theory. A very interesting read and
a terrific resource.
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| Edited by O. E. Lancaster
Forward by Theodor von Karman
Contributors:
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Frank Malina
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Robert Truax
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C.A. Meyer
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Ivan Driggs
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DeMarquis D. Wyatt
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Joseph Foa
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Martin Summerfield
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C.E. Bartley
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Ralph Zirkind
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David Altman
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Sample of what's contained inside:
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| History of rocket propulsion - Excellent synopsis! |
25 pages
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| The Ram Jet Engine - complete material |
129 pages
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| Pulse Jet - design, analysis, thrust augmentation |
2 pages
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| Wave Engines - external and internal combustion |
20 pages
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| Liquid Propellant Rockets - complete design analysis |
79 pages
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| Ram Rocket - analysis, fuels, experimental results |
36 pages
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| Rotors (jet driven) - good helicopter info |
36 pages
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| Nuclear Powered Reaction systems |
56 pages
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| Future Prospects - interesting Morphological model |
28 pages
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