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Clippings from the *NYT*: Robert H. Goddard
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. =============================== 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 =============================== -- Bill Higgins | "It's amazing how much Fermilab | you resemble your caricature." | --Alex Eisenstein |
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Clippings from the *NYT*: Robert H. Goddard
Bill Higgins wrote: 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. This could be a ball to go through, thanks! Now let's see about those Nazi V weapons... and then on to Mr. K and his dog-killing Sputniks. God-damned commie. Pat Pat |
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Clippings from the *NYT*: Robert H. Goddard
Pat Flannery wrote:
Bill Higgins wrote: 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. [...] This could be a ball to go through, thanks! Now let's see about those Nazi V weapons... and then on to Mr. K and his dog-killing Sputniks. Those years are available, but they're not in the free part of the *NYT*'s archive. You'll have to pay a fee to read about fighting Nazis and Commies. -- Bill Higgins Fermilab |
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