Abstract
Within a period of twenty-five years the high altitude, long-range rocket has become a deadly weapon of war and a useful instrument for the study of conditions in the upper air.
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© 1969 John Jewkes, David Sawers and Richard Stillerman
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Jewkes, J., Sawers, D., Stillerman, R. (1969). Rockets. In: The Sources of Invention. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00015-9_40
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