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Ron Miller
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 Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 6:41 pm Post subject: Yet more space history reprints... |
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Among the recent additions to the Black Cat Press Conquest of Space
series (http://www.black-cat-press.com) is E.F. Northrup's remarkable
"autobiography", "Zero to Eighty". Writing under the pseudonym of
Akkad Pseudoman, Northrup details the experiments he conducted in the
1920s and 1930s with electromagnetic launching devices...and in
particular their application to space travel in providing the initial
boost for rockets. In addition to a lengthy technical appendix there
are numerous photographs and diagrams. "Zero to Eighty" is a seminal
work, being to electromagnetic launching what Oberth's "Ways to
Spaceflight" was to astronautics.
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Michael Turner
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: Yet more space history reprints... |
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On May 13, 7:41 am, Ron Miller <space...@att.net> wrote:
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Among the recent additions to the Black Cat Press Conquest of Space
series (http://www.black-cat-press.com) is E.F. Northrup's remarkable
"autobiography", "Zero to Eighty". Writing under the pseudonym of
Akkad Pseudoman, Northrup details the experiments he conducted in the
1920s and 1930s with electromagnetic launching devices...and in
particular their application to space travel in providing the initial
boost for rockets. In addition to a lengthy technical appendix there
are numerous photographs and diagrams. "Zero to Eighty" is a seminal
work, being to electromagnetic launching what Oberth's "Ways to
Spaceflight" was to astronautics.
RM
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I did a Google sitesearch on "pseudoman" and "northrup", and turned up
nothing.
I assume you mean this book?
http://books.lulu.com/content/836262
I've been working on and off (mostly off) on a history of the idea of
projectile launch to space. I have yet to do more than scratch the
surface of the electromagnetic concepts.
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Ron Miller
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: Yet more space history reprints... |
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On May 14, 11:28 am, Michael Turner <l...@gol.com> wrote:
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On May 13, 7:41 am, Ron Miller <space...@att.net> wrote:
Among the recent additions to the Black Cat Press Conquest of Space
series (http://www.black-cat-press.com) is E.F. Northrup's remarkable
"autobiography", "Zero to Eighty". Writing under the pseudonym of
Akkad Pseudoman, Northrup details the experiments he conducted in the
1920s and 1930s with electromagnetic launching devices...and in
particular their application to space travel in providing the initial
boost for rockets. In addition to a lengthy technical appendix there
are numerous photographs and diagrams. "Zero to Eighty" is a seminal
work, being to electromagnetic launching what Oberth's "Ways to
Spaceflight" was to astronautics.
RM
I did a Google sitesearch on "pseudoman" and "northrup", and turned up
nothing.
I assume you mean this book?
http://books.lulu.com/content/836262
I've been working on and off (mostly off) on a history of the idea of
projectile launch to space. I have yet to do more than scratch the
surface of the electromagnetic concepts.
-michael turner
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That's the one!
I also did some research into the history of space guns while working
on "The Dream Machines". An interesting and overlooked subject.
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