• Skyrocket, J.W. Hadfield, 1867
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    Cardboard tube with black glossy paper wrapping and three beveled pine wooden guidesticks at base, each stick 9.75 inches by 0.25 inches by 0.25 inches attached to the bottom of rocket by steel wire strands; nosecone separate; rocket originally mounted on a wooden board, 14 by 16 inches, with two other rockets.

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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02/10/2022

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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Rockets; Space

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