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• Aerobee rockets -- Propulsion systems
• Artificial satellites -- Propulsion systems
• Guided missiles -- Propulsion systems
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• Rocket engines -- Propulsion systems
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• Systems, Propulsion

• Theory of the Fluid Oscillations in a Circular Cylindrical Ring Tank Partially Filled With Liquid (NASA technical note D-557; Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1960), by Helmut F. Bauer (page images at HathiTrust)
• NASA TR R-187 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [For sale by the Office of Technical Services, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230], 1964), by Helmut F. Bauer, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Emission spectra from high-pressure hydrogen-oxygen combustion (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1962), by Marshall C. Burrows, Louis A. Povinelli, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Electron diffusion in a turbulent plasma (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1962), by Harold R. Kaufman and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental method of producing porous tungsten for ion rocket engines (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1961), by Neal T. Saunders and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Efflux of thermal radiation from a cylindrical cavity irradiated from an external source (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1962), by Ephraim M. Sparrow and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boiling heat transfer to liquid hydrogen and nitrogen in forced flow (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1962), by James P. Lewis, John F. Kline, Jack H. Goodykoontz, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effect of impingement angle on drop-size distribution abd spray pattern of two impinging water jets (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1961), by Marcus F. Heidmann, Hampton H. Foster, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• NASA TN D-5331 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1969), by Peter G. Batterton, John R. Zeller, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of a mixed compression axisymmetric inlet at Mach number 5.3 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1972), by Eldon A. Latham, Norman E. Sorenson, and Donald B. Smeltzer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fan and wing force data from wind-tunnel investgation of a 0.38-meter (15-IN.) diameter VTOL model lift fan installed in a two-dimensional wing (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1972), by Joseph A. Yuska, James H. Diedrich, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of topping and bleed turbopump units for hydrogen-propelled nuclear rockets (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1960), by David G. Evans, James E. Crouse, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effects of suction boundary-layer control on the performance of a short annular diffuser with an upstream terminal normal shock (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1962), by Charles J. Shoemaker, John R. Henry, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• NASA TN D-6408 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration:, 1971), by Bruce Lehtinen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Numerical solution of two-dimensional Possion equation : Theory and application to electrostatic-ion-engine analysis (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1962), by Vladimir Hamza, Edward A. Richley, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• NASA TN D-6286 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1971), by Allan J. Cohen, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cavitation performance of an 83 degree helical inducer operated in liquid hydrogen (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961), by George W. Lewis, D. M. Sandercock, Edward R. Tysl, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effects of vertical gravity oscillations on performance of the T7 natural circulation boiling water reactor (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Technical Information, 1961), by G. R. Pflasterer, General Electric Company. Atomic Power Equipment Department, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• LDF powered balloon program (L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1973., 1973), by Arthur O. Korn, Catherine B. Rice, Richard C. Leclaire, and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maritime nuclear steam generator progress report no. 4 (Washington, D. C. : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1963., 1963), by General Electric Company. Nuclear Materials and Propulsion Operation, General Electric Company, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fluid mechanics and tankage design for low gravity environments (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Air Force Aero-Propulsion Laboratory, Research and Technology Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1963., 1963), by Robert G. Clodfelter, Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio), and United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• ARO and AFOSR Contractors Meeting in Chemical Propulsion, held in Virginia Beach, Virginia on 3-6 June 1996 (Bolling Air Force Base, D.C. : Air Force Office of Scientific Research, United States Air Force, 1996., 1996), by David M. Mann, J. M. Tishkoff, Mitat A. Birkan, United States. Air Force. Office of Scientific Research, and United States. Army Research Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Propulsion system integration and test program (steady state) (U) summary (U). Part I. Integration technique and test activities (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1969., 1969), by Robert H. Johnson, United Aircraft Corporation. Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division, North American Rockwell Corporation, General Motors Corporation. Allison Division, United States. Air Force. Systems Command, and Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Highly operable propulsion for reusable launch vehicle applications (Edwards Air Force Base, California: United States Air Force Material Command, Air Force Research Laboratory, 2003., 2003), by Michael Marlow, United States. Air Force. Material Command, and Calif.) Air Force Research Laboratory (Edwards Air Force Base (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quantitative visualization of turbulent reactive flows in propulsion systems (Arlington, Virginia : Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 2002., 2002), by P. Givi, Charles T. Brunskill, State University of New York at Buffalo. |b School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and United States. Air Force. Office of Scientific Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Propulsion system integration and test program (steady state) (U) summary (U). Part II. Vehicle analysis studies (U) (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1969., 1969), by Robert H. Johnson, North American Rockwell Corporation, General Motors Corporation. Allison Division, United States. Air Force. Systems Command, and Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Army Research Office and Air Force Office of Scientific Research: 2002 Contractors Meeting in Chemical Propulsion (Arlington, Virginia. : Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 2002., 2002), by David M. Mann, J. M. Tishkoff, United States. Army Research Office, and United States. Air Force. Office of Scientific Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental evaluation of inlet drag characteristics in the transonic mach number regime (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1968., 1968), by F. D. McVey, E. J. Phillips, J. V. Rejeske, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, United States. Air Force. Systems Command, and Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Compressible turbulent reacting flows (Arlington, Virginia : Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 2000., 2000), by F. A. Williams, Shondeep L. Sarkar, Paul A. Libby, San Diego University of California, and United States. Air Force. Office of Scientific Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental evaluation of inlet drag characteristics in the transonic mach number regime (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1968., 1968), by F. D. McVey, E. J. Phillips, J. V. Rejeske, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, United States. Air Force. Systems Command, and Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analytical studies on ion propulsion (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Air Force Research Division, Air Resear and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1960., 1960), by R. H. Boden, Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), and North American Aviation. Rocketdyne Division (page images at HathiTrust)

• Automatic control of T7 tanker boiling water reactor propulsion system : preliminary design and economic evaluation (United States Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Technical Information ;, 1960), by R. B. Rice, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and General Electric Company. Atomic Power Equipment Department (page images at HathiTrust)

• A nonmagnetic underwater propulsion unit (U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory, 1961), by S. F Moran and E. N Rosenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• NASA TN D-4128 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1967), by Frank S. Kirkham and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exploring in aerospace rocketry (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1968), by James F. Connors and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exploring in aerospace rocketry (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1968), by John C. Evvard and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manufacturing technology for Advanced Metal Removal Initiatives (AMRI). Volume III, High-speed machining: propulsion materials (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Materials Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1985., 1985), by D. G. Flom, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, and General Electric Company. Research and Development Center (page images at HathiTrust)

• Journal of the Global Power and Propulsion Society (2017-) (partial serial archives)
• Aerospace Research Communications (2023-) (partial serial archives)

• Estimates of minimum energy requirements for range-controlled return of a nonlifting satellite from a circular orbit (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961), by Charles M. Jackson, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)

• Flight investigation of the zero-lift drag of two ram-jet missile configurations at Mach numbers from 1.0 to 1.89 (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1953), by Clarence A. Brown, Walter E. Bressette, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, and United States. National Adviosry Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Free air plume overpressure for 2.75 inch rocket motors Mark 40 and Mark 66 (Redstone Arsenal, Alabama ; U.S. Army Missile Command, Ground Equipment and Missile Structures Directorate, 1980., 1980), by Robert Bergman, Donald Davis, Redstone Arsenal (Ala.), and United States. Army. Missile Command (page images at HathiTrust)

• The resistance and propulsion of ships (J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.], 1898), by William Frederick Durand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Resistance of ships and screw propulsion (Macmillan and co., 1893), by D. W. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hydraulics (Longmans, Green, and co., 1907), by S. Dunkerley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Turbine electric drive, basic principles. ([Govt. print. off.], 1945), by United States Navy Department Bureau of Ships (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nautical and hydraulic experiments, with numerous scientific miscellanies. (Printed at the private press of H. Beaufoy, 1834), by Mark Beaufoy and Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The resistance and propulsion of ships (J. Wiley, 1909), by William Frederick Durand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Resistance of ships and screw propulsion. (The Macmillan company, 1907), by D. W. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• The speed and power of ships : a manual of marine propulsion (Press of Ransdell, Incorporated, 1933), by D. W. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• The powering of ships. (Scott, Greenwood & son, 1921), by James Bertram Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• The speed and power of ships; a manual of marine propulsion. (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1943), by D. W. Taylor, David W. Taylor Model Basin, and United States. Maritime Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• The screw propeller: and other competing instruments for marine propulsion. (C. Griffin & Company, Limited;, 1909), by A. E. Seaton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wind Propulsion for ships of the American merchant marine (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Maritime Administration, Office of Maritime Technology :, 1981), by Wind Ship Development Corporation, Lloyd Bergeson, and United States. Office of Maritime Technology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le navire; sa propulsion en France et principalement chez les Normands (E. Dumont, 1924), by A. Anthiaume (page images at HathiTrust)
• Navigation improv'd: or, The art of rowing ships of all rates, in calms, with a more easy, swift, and steady motion, than oars can. Also, a description of the engine that performs it; and the author's answer to all Mr. Dummer's objections that have been made against it ... (Printed and sold by James Moxon, at the Atlas in Warwick-lane, 1698), by Thomas Savery and Dummer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der widerstand und antrieb von schiffen (M. Krayn, 1912), by Hans Heinrich Albrecht Rothe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The speed and power of ships; a manual of marine propulsion (J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.], 1910), by D. W. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die schiffsschraube und ihre wirkung auf das wasser... (R. Oldenbourg, 1909), by O. Flamm (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the introduction and progress of the screw propeller; with statistics of the comparative economy of screw ships and paddle vessels for Her Majesty's service, &c., &c. (Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Marine Diesel handbook (Diesel publications, inc., 1942), by Louis Randolph Ford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Further measurements of model propeller pressure distributions using a novel technique (David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, 1986), by Stuart D. Jessup (page images at HathiTrust)
• Une nouvelle pompe centrifuge pouvant produire un nouveau moyen de propulsion des bateaux par réaction hydraulique (Bernard, 1896), by E. Marchand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Engineering precedents for steam machinery: embracing the performances of steamships, experiments with propelling instruments, condensers, boilers, etc., accompanied by analyses of the same ... (H. Bailliére [etc.], 1859), by B. F. Isherwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The practical analysis of merchant ship trials and service performance (North east coast institution of engineers and shipbuilders; [etc., etc.], 1927), by E. V. Telfer and North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders (page images at HathiTrust)
• The influence of propeller revolutions upon the propulsive efficiency of merchant ships. (North east coast of engineers and shipbuilders; [etc., etc.], 1924), by Karl Schaffran and North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on the science of ship-building; with observations on the British Navy; the extraordinary decay of the men of war; and on the causes, effects, and prevention, of the dry rot; also, on the growth and management of timber trees; the whole, with a view to improve the construction and durability of ships. (J. Asperne, 1817), by Issac Blackburn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Machinist's mate 3 & 2. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1972), by United States. Naval Training Command (page images at HathiTrust)
• The construction and propulsion of steam vessels for war purposes and ocean navigation, considered in a letter to the Hon. John Y. Mason, secretary of the U.S. navy. (J. Hall, printer, 1847), by E. F. Aldrich and United States Navy Department (page images at HathiTrust)
• Application of super conducting electrical machinery to the propulsion systems of commercial vessels (National Maritime Research Center, 1974), by David C. Hicks and National Maritime Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Safety analysis study : nuclear propulsion system for large high-speed merchant ships (Westinghouse Electric Corp., 1968), by Westinghouse Electric Corporation and United States Maritime Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theoretical basis and programming technique (Naval Ship Research and Development Center, 1975), by Ruey Chen and Naval Ship Research and Development Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Pien wavemaking resistance computation program. Part 2, User's manual (Naval Ship Research and Development Center, 1975), by Ruey Chen and Naval Ship Research and Development Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practical methods for predicting periodic propeller loads (David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, 1983), by Robert J. Boswell, David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, and Japan; Seoul International Symposium on Practical Design in Shipbuilding (2nd : 1977 : Tokyo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Resistance of ships and screw propulsion. (The Macmillan and company, 1910), by D. W. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technical requirements for high powered single screw propulsion of merchant ships (U.S. Maritime Administration, 1979), by United States. Maritime Administration. Office of Commercial Development and inc Hydronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• The screw propeller: who invented it? With illustrations (Thomas Murray, 1860), by Robert Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on the design of propelling machinery for naval vessels (Lord Baltimore Press, 1902), by United States Naval Academy. Dept. of Marine Engineering and Naval Construction (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lecture on the turning powers of ships. (Govt. Print. Off., 1882), by W. H. White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ship design trend survey for the atomic energy commission maritime reactors branch (Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Technical Information Service Extension, 1957., 1957), by David L. Conklin, S. Reed Nixon, Jack J. Gordon, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Resistance and the proportions of screw propellers (E. & F.N. Spon, 1883), by W. Bury (page images at HathiTrust)
• The screw propeller; an investigation of its geometrical and physical properties, and its application to the propulsion of vessels. (Whittaker and Co., 1851), by Robert Rawson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Propelling machinery. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1944), by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ships (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions for the operation and maintenance of main propelling machinery (U.S. Govt. Print. Office :, 1943), by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ships (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplement to the series of letters patent and specifications of letters patent for inventions recorded in the Great seal Patent office, and granted between the 1st March (14 Jac. I.) A. D. 1617, and the 1st October (16 Vict.) A. D. 1852; consisting for the most part of reprints of scarce pamphlets, descriptive of the early patented inventions comprised in that series. (Printed by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, printers to the Queens's Most Excellent Majesty, 1858), by Great Britain. Patent Office, William Watson, Richard Mead, Alexandre Tolhausen, Samuel Sutton, Jonathan Hulls, John Allen, Thomas Savery, Edward Somerset Worcester, William Wheler, J. B. W., Dud Dudley, Nicholas Halse, Nicholas Page, Richard Wynne, John Rovenzon, Simon Sturtevant, and Bennet Woodcroft (page images at HathiTrust)
• Postswirl propulsors : a design method and an application (Bethesda, Maryland : Ship Hydromechanics Department, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, 1992., 1992), by Benjamin Y.-H. Chen and Naval Surface Warfare Center (U.S.). Carderock Division (page images at HathiTrust)

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