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Launch Kit, Grapnel Rocket, Wadsworth Mount

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    Kit includes the following: (2) Grapnel stand, irregular-shaped, roughly cylindrical, steel, mainly consisting of shaft with three equi-distant sets of upright, pointed blades, or grapnels; steel cable coil on top of one of the sets. (3) Stand, steel, for holding cable coils of braided steel, coils separated along length of stand by 11 inch diameter plywood discs; stand with cruciform legs; coil with gray steel shackles attached; red tag tied on. (see Marks) (4) Rocket motor, 3.25 inch caliber, cylindrical; rusted; label along sides, with black borders. (see Marks). (5) Separate cylindrically-shaped framework, possibly a rocket stand, consisting of series of interconnected rods with hoop on one end, and large enough to accommodate rocket motor above. (6) Reel, with braided steel cable coil, coil secured in place by being strung around and through series of eight equi-distant steel rods screwed on to base of reel.

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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01/18/2022

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Rockets; Space

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