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Pump, Liquid Propellant, Rocket Motor, R.H. Goddard, ca. 1924

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  • Pump, Liquid Propellant, Rocket Motor, R.H. Goddard, ca. 1924
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    Cylindrical, brass colored, shiny, with two flat black L-shaped prongs projecting from one end of cylinder, two holes on lower half face of each prong; small diameter gray shaft projecting from middle or center end of this part of the cylinder, and between both prongs; this shaft projecting from 1/2 in. O.D.; each prong secured at this end with screw on each L-shaped attachment at bottom; single round-headed screw adjacent to middle shaft; silver colored short length shaft projecting from other end of cylinder, this shaft with cut or split in middle with holes drilled through each side of shaft so that shaft resembles a male plug; overall, shiny brass colored; two, very short, bent copper tube projections from opposite end of cylinder, these tubes flattened at tips, one of the tube projections adjacent to one of the prongs. Main cylinder, brass; short steel shaft at one end, with two adjacent prongs, non-ferrous metal; small copper tubes at other end.

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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11/04/2021

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Engineers; Rockets; Space

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