I've recently learned that the *New York Times*, whose online archives
previously cost money to examine, has decided to make vast portions freely
available.
Everything from the paper's founding in 1851 to 1922 is free (these items
are in the public domain, copyright-free, but it's nice of the NYT to serve
them up); everything from 1987 to the present is also free. You'll still
have to pay to get the full text of articles from 1923 to 1986.
So I went browsing. Here are some interesting items about Robert H.
Goddard.
I encourage other correspondents to offer accounts of other interesting
journeys through this archive.
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INVENTS NEW WAR WEAPON.; Armistice Prevented Use of Dr. Goddard's Rocket.
Fresh Pastry for Paris.
March 30, 1919, Sunday
Page 16, 353 words
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A05E2DE153AEF33A25753C3A9659C946896D6CF
[Nobody was using rockets to deliver pastry to Paris; that was a little
filler item at the bottom of the column with the Goddard story.]
BELIEVES ROCKET CAN REACH MOON; Smithsonian Institution Tells of Prof.
Goddard's Invention to Explore Upper Air. MULTIPLE-CHARGE SYSTEM Instruments
Could Go Up 200 Miles, and Bigger Rocket Might Land on Satellite.
Special to The New York Times.
January 12, 1920, Monday
Page 1, 1061 words
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=940DE4DE1131E03ABC4A52DFB766838B639EDE
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
[This is the famous op-ed lambasting Goddard for being ignorant of the fact
that rockets won't work in a vacuum.]
January 13, 1920, Tuesday
Page 12, 989 words
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D0DE7D7153EE433A25750C1A9679C946195D6CF
THE MOON ROCKET.; Admiral Sims Explains Its Action In a Vacuum.
WILLIAM S. SIMS.
January 16, 1920, Friday
Page 8, 856 words
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C03E0D6133AE033A25755C1A9679C946195D6CF
[Which cites a physics-class demo at the Naval Academy back in 1880. Good
for Admiral Sims! But the *Times* didn't publish its retraction until 17
July 1969. Better late than never.]
GODDARD ROCKETS TO TAKE PICTURES; Scientist Believes Photographs Could Be
Obtained Above the Earth's Atmosphere. MUST FIRST EXPLORE AIR He Suggests a
Fund to Enable the Smithsonian Institution to Carry On Experiment.
January 19, 1920, Monday
Page 28, 433 words
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E05E2DF103AE033A2575AC1A9679C946195D6CF
FIRST VOLUNTEER FOR LEAP TO MARS; Capt. Claude Collins of Philadelphia
Offers Himself to bePassenger in Rocket. NAMES HIS CONDITIONS Requires That
Communication Be Established and a Rocket Previously Landed on Planet.
By Telegraph to the Editor of THE NEW YORK TIMES.
February 5, 1920, Thursday
Page 1, 965 words
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A05E5D8133BEE32A25756C0A9649C946195D6CF
[I think I like this guy.]
MOON ROCKET TEST IS SET FOR JULY; Prof. Goddard Will Seek Data on Conditions
Above the Earth's Atmosphere.
April 29, 1920, Thursday
Page 17, 197 words
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9903E3D81E3CEE3ABC4151DFB266838B639EDE
MOON ROCKET READY SOON.; Prof. Goddard Expected to Try Out Invention Next
Summer.
Special to The New York Times.
January 28, 1921, Friday
Section: Real Estate, Page 28, 203 words
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9403EFDF123CE533A2575BC2A9679C946095D6CF
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