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Safety Valve, Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, R.H. Goddard, 1930s. Creator: Robert Goddard.

Safety Valve, Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, R.H. Goddard, 1930s. Creator: Robert Goddard.

2-840-027 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

This valve was made by the American rocket pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) to protect his liquid oxygen tanks from bursting due to too much pressure caused by evaporation of the very cold liquid. The valve dates to the 1930's when Goddard conducted his experiments at Roswell, New Mexico. Mrs. Robert H. Goddard donated this object to the Smithsonian Institution in 1959 as part of a large collection of artifacts from her husband.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Robert Goddard, attributed to: American: Scientist, physicist, rocket engineer and inventor
Medium
  1. Steel, paint, adhesive, rubber, solder
Picture Type
  1. Object
  2. Propulsion-components (engine parts)
Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Technology & Innovation

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5616x3744
File Size : 61,601kb

Aliases

  1. A19590078000
  1. NASM-NASM2014-04383.txt
  1. 0990010611
  1. 2-840-027
  1. 2840027
  1. A19590078000
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