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Book Title: Rockets: Two Classic Papers
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Rockets
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 2002
Subject: Mechanical, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Item Weight: 6.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Robert Hutchings Goddard
Item Length: 8.7 in
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering
Item Width: 5.5 in
Series: Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering Ser.
Format: Hardcover
