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1335 - ESNAULT-PELLETERIE, Pierre. Rocket Exploration of the Upper Atmosphere and the Possibility of Interplanetary Travel. Lecture delivered on June 8, 1927. Paris (French Astronomical Society) 1928. Offprint from the March 1928 supplement to *L'Astronomie*, with its original printed red cover preserved. Large in-8°, black calf with gilt edges and modern inlaid blue triangular corners, marbled endpapers, pp. viii + 96.
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ESNAULT-PELLETERIE, Pierre. Rocket Exploration of the Upper Atmosphere and the Possibility of Interplanetary Travel. Lecture delivered on June 8, 1927. Paris (French Astronomical Society) 1928. Offprint from the March 1928 supplement to *L'Astronomie*, with its original printed red cover preserved. Large in-8°, black calf with gilt edges and modern inlaid blue triangular corners, marbled endpapers, pp. viii + 96. Beautiful, recent binding for this precious copy, with a dedication by the AUTHOR: “With warmest regards, dear friend … March 1928.” The first calculation of the possibilities for launching a rocket into space is discussed: “If we manage to harness all the energy that constitutes matter … we would have immense possibilities before us … provided we know how to extract energy from atomic transmutations … without blowing ourselves up, and with us the entire Earth …'. Norman 1060 Provenance: Library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)
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