British interplanetary society (9 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Zustand: New. UCLan Publishing have partnered with The British Interplanetary Society to produce a fully illustrated book about the journey to the moon based on Neil Armstrong s original space manual & exclusive material from NASA. Includes an exclusive introduction writ.

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | UCLan Publishing have partnered with The British Interplanetary Society to produce a fully illustrated book about the journey to the moon based on Neil Armstrong's original space manual & exclusive material from NASA. Includes an exclusive introduction written by Helen Sherman and foreword by Tim Peake.…

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Ephemera. Zustand: Good. Presumed First thus. Maximum dimensions approximately 10.5 inches by 7 inches. Some wear and soiling noted. Event menu is in the shape of a rocket. There is a center fold. The front side reads: British Interplanetary Society 25th Anniversary Dinner Waldorf Hotel Aldwych, London, W.C. 2 Guests of Honour Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Cleator, Professor and Mrs. H. S. W. Massey, Professor and Mrs. A. D. Baxter, Professor and Mrs. A. J. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stephens, Air Commodore and Mrs. Banks, Dr. and Mrs. Hunter, [and] Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Mandeville. The reverse side contains the event Menu: Melon Refraichi, Filet de Carrelet Riviera, Poularde Poelee Grand Mere, Haricots Verts Fins au Beurre, Pommes Mascotte, Peche de Nice Belle de Mai, Friandises, Cafe. British Interplanetary Society 1933 - 1958. Rare surviving event ephemera. The British Interplanetary Society (BIS), founded in Liverpool in 1933 by Philip E. Cleator, is the oldest space advocacy organization in the world. Its aim is exclusively to support and promote astronautics and space exploration. It is a non-profit organization with headquarters in London and is financed by members' contributions. The BIS was only preceded in astronautics by the American Interplanetary Society (founded 1930), the German VfR (founded 1927), and Soviet Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel (founded 1924), but unlike those it never became absorbed into a national industry. Thus it is now the world's oldest existing space advocacy body. When originally formed in January 1933, the BIS aimed not only to promote and raise the public profile of astronautics, but also to undertake practical experimentation into rocketry along similar lines to the organizations above. However, early in 1936 the Society discovered that this ambition was thwarted by the Explosives Act of 1875, which prevented any private testing of liquid-fuel rockets in the United Kingdom. In the late 1930s, the group devised a project of landing people on the Moon by a multistage rocket, each stage of which would have many narrow solid-fuel rockets. Their lander was gumdrop-shaped but otherwise quite like the Lunar Module. As it was considered that the cabin would have to rotate, BIS member Ralph A. Smith, who helped re-establish the society post-WW2, invented the first instrument for space travelâ"the Coelostat, a navigation mechanism that would ingeniously cancel out the rotating view. R.A. Smith and Harry Ross M.Eng. were the aerospace visionaries named on the original patent. Smith also authored and illustrated the 1947 book 'The Exploration of the Moon' showing the first ever conceptual 'orbital satellite' (text by Arthur C. Clarke), which is said to have inspired both John F. Kennedy and Stanley Kubrick. In 1946 the BIS started a program known as Megaroc. The purpose of the program was to develop a Sub-orbital spaceflight that could provide manned ascents to a maximum of 1 million feet (304 km). The craft was made by enlarging and re-designing a V-2 rocket after it was noted by H.E. Ross in 1946 that the V-2 rocket was "nearly big enough to carry a man." The project was noted to be 10 years ahead of its time by NASA engineers who reviewed it. The same NASA engineers predicted the rocket would have been capable of first achieving a manned suborbital flight between 1949 and 1951, and capable of sending people to space reliably by 1951. During the second International Astronautical Congress, held in London in 1951, the BIS was one of 13 national space societies who together founded the International Astronautical Federation. The other founding members no longer exist as national societies, leaving only the BIS. The science writer Arthur C. Clarke was a well-known former Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society. …

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Octavo size (8vo) in card covers. Pages numbered 309 to 392. A to Z of members names and addresses (includes Arthur C Clarke as member no. 2), with membership statistics at rear . [CONDITION: Covers faintly sunned, slight bump to bottom front corner else FINE, a very clean and tight copy ] . __To see more of our Science/Engineering books type DbbSCIENCE in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A very scarce issue of this fascinating scientific journal, discussing the de Havilland Sprite, amongst other topics. A very scarce 1949 issue of the 'Journal of the British Interplanetary Society', the oldest existing space advocacy organisation in the world, aiming to support and promote astronautics and space exploration.Vol. 8, No. 6, November 1949.Including a report of the meeting of the British Interplanetary Society in October 1949, a detailed discussion of the Sprite, the first de Havilland rocket, and a discussion of current research.The abstracts of fourteen research papers are also included, which examine topics including the craters of the moon, and the construction of rocket motors.Illustrated with photographs.Former owner's inscription of J. Cameron Lyle to the head of the front wrap. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, excellent, but with a former owner's inscription to the head of the title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. The first edition of twenty-six issues and two annual reports of this fascinating scientific journal, including three articles from Arthur C. Clarke himself. Twenty-six issues and two annual reports of the 'Journal of the British Interplanetary Society', the oldest existing space advocacy organisation in the world, aiming to support and promote astronautics and space exploration.These issues date from November, 1949 to March, 1954.Including three articles by Arthur C. Clarke:Vol. 9, No. 5, September 1950: "Space-Travel in Fact and Fiction"Vol. 9, No. 6, November 1950: "Electromagnetic Launching as a Major Contribution to Space-Flight"Vol. 12, No. 3, May 1953: "Flying Saucers"Present here are:Vol. 8, No. 6, November 1949The Annual Report and List of Members for 1950Vol. 9, Nos. 2 to 6, from March 1950 to November 1950Vol. 10, Nos. 1 to 6, from January 1951 to November 1951The 1952 Annual Report of the SocietyVol. 11, Nos. 1 to 6, from January to November 1952Vol. 12, Nos. 1 to 6, from January to November 1953Vol. 13, Nos. 1 and 2, from January to March 1954Illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams.Further articles amongst these issues include: "Where to Land on the Moon" by Percy Wilkins; "Fundamentals of Space Navigation" by D. F. Lawden; "Space Rocket Trajectories" by Dr. Samuel Herrick, and "Navigation without Gravity" by J. G. Porter. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, excellent, with wraps just a touch age toned to perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book. …

as 'A.C. CLARKE, Chairman of the Council', regarding a reorganization of the Society's finances at a 'vital period in the development of astronautics'. 1p., 8vo. A fragile piece of ephemera, on aged paper, with wear at head (not affecting text). The notice begins: 'For several months past the Council has had under consideration the question of the Society's finances since it has become apparent that our annual income is insufficient to ensure a continuous and regular flow of publications.' References follow to 'donations from private members', an 'enforced summer recess', 'the acquisition of library shelves, desks and other fittings'. Two reasons are given in justification of the doubling of the 'Fellowship subscription'. The notice ends: 'In conclusion I would like to express the hope that all Fellows will feel able to support this proposal, which would enable us to issue material which could not otherwise be published at this viatl period in the development of astronautics generally and the B.I.S. in particular.' It was only in the previous year that Clarke managed to sell his first two stories (to Astounding Science Fiction). See Image.…