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Cold War Aerospace Engineering First Edition of George P. Sutton Rocket Propulsion Elements Foundational American Text on Rocket and Missile Propulsion, 1949

Cold War Aerospace Engineering First Edition of George P. Sutton Rocket Propulsion Elements Foundational American Text on Rocket and Missile Propulsion, 1949 by George P. Sutton

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Seller: Max Rambod Inc.
Title
Cold War Aerospace Engineering First Edition of George P. Sutton Rocket Propulsion Elements Foundational American Text on Rocket and Missile Propulsion, 1949
Author
George P. Sutton
Seller
Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description
1949. Rocket Propulsion Elements: An Introduction to the Engineering of Rockets by George P. Sutton, published in 1949, presented one of the earliest comprehensive American engineering texts explaining the scientific principles governing rocket propulsion systems. Appearing in the years immediately following World War II, the book addressed the rapid expansion of rocket and missile research in the United States as military planners and aerospace engineers sought to develop advanced propulsion technologies during the opening phase of the Cold War. Sutton, an engineer associated with North American Aviation and an instructor in aerospace engineering courses, wrote the work to introduce the mechanical and thermodynamic principles underlying rocket engines and to provide technical guidance for students and engineers entering the emerging field of rocket propulsion. Sutton, George P. Rocket Propulsion Elements: An Introduction to the Engineering of Rockets. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1949. First edition. In the preface Sutton explains that "the object of this book is to present the basic elements and the technical problems of rocket propulsion and to describe the physical mechanisms and designs of rocket propulsion systems." Organized across ten chapters, the volume explains propulsion theory through diagrams and technical illustrations depicting engine configurations and propulsion systems, including figures labeled "Schematic diagram of ram jet" and "Turbojet engine employing a centrifugal air compressor." The text emphasizes the growing importance of liquid propellant systems, stating that "more emphasis has been placed more on liquid propellant rocket units than on solid propellant units, since their fields of application are of greater general interest." Sutton also notes that national security restrictions shaped the scope of the book, writing that "this requirement limited in part the amount of experimental and calculated data... since a large part of the technical information... cannot be published for security reasons." Publication of Rocket Propulsion Elements coincided with the early institutional development of American missile research programs and university training in aerospace engineering. During the late 1940s and early 1950s the United States military and aviation industry expanded research into long range missiles, high performance aircraft engines, and experimental rocket propulsion systems, making instructional texts such as Sutton's an important means of transmitting engineering knowledge. 294 pages illustrated with numerous technical diagrams throughout. Bound in original dark green cloth with red and gilt spine label. Name stamp of "Ray Nakabayashi" on upper right corner of the title page. Minor wear to board corners with light fading to spine lettering; interior pages clean with tight binding. Overall very good condition. The book remains an early and influential engineering text explaining the foundations of modern rocket propulsion technology.
The Century Edition de Luxe of Raemakers' War Cartoons with Descriptive Chapters

The Century Edition de Luxe of Raemakers' War Cartoons with Descriptive Chapters by Allison, J. Murray (Ed.); Theodore Roosevelt (Foreword)

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Title
The Century Edition de Luxe of Raemakers' War Cartoons with Descriptive Chapters
Author
Allison, J. Murray (Ed.); Theodore Roosevelt (Foreword)
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Poor to very good condition
Description
New York: The Century Co, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Poor to very good condition. 206/1050. Elephant Folio. Unpaginated. Original white buckram with gilt facsimile signature on covers, gilt lettering and ruling on red labels of spines; in original stiff tan cloth dustjackets with gilt facsimile signatures on covers. Gilt top edges. Frontispiece color cartoon. Title pages printed in red and black with red publisher's device. Decorative initials. With a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Photogravure portrait photo of Raemaker facing introduction. Block heavy gray paper. Vol. I contains the first 54 full page illustrations mounted to plates, plus frontispiece and gravure portrait, Vol. 2 with illustrations No. 55 - 125 of Louis Raemaker cartoons. They ... constitute the most powerful of the honorable contributions made by neutrals to the cause of civilization in the World War. Of course it is the combatants themselves who have furnished, for good or evil, the heroes who in history will stand out forevermore as towering figures of light or gloom against the lucid background of the war." (Roosevelt). Laid in typed leter to Ketterlinus from The Century Co Publishers, signed by publication manager, several copies of the letter and magazine pages, and partial Good Times section of the Trenton Times, November 12, 1976, laid in. Cloth dustjackets heavily water-stained, binding of volume one with water staining along top of front and back cover. Vol. I. with some loss of bottom label on spine. Block with occasional staining along top edges of pages, not affecting plates. Some of the plates age-toned along edges. Illustrated Ex-Libris of J.L. and E.B. Ketterlinus on inside front covers. Dustjackets in overall poor, bindings in fair, blocks in good, and plates in very good condition.
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ORIENTAL RUGS by Roberts, Edna H

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ORIENTAL RUGS
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Roberts, Edna H
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Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
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New York Dry Goods Economist 1928 First printing Ex library with embossed stamp on title page and date stamps on first page. Check out paste down (blank) and ink accession marks on rear paste down. No external library markings. Original maroon cloth with gilt letter. Cover has wear with several scratches and wear to extremities. Text is clean and bright. An old but still useful text for Oriental rugs. Well illustrated with black and white photographs. Hardcover Good +

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