Bang! Zoom! The Electromagnetic Gun Omnibus
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Publisher: Black Cat Press
Copyright:
© 2007 by Ron Miller Standard Copyright License
Language: English
Country: United States
Edition: First
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Printed: 591 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink Description:In the 1920s and 1930s engineer/scientist/inventor E.F. Northup conducted extensive experiments using electromagnetic guns to launch projectiles. "Zero to Eighty" is a fictionalized account of those experiments, culminating in a trip to the Moon in a rocket given its initial boost by a huge electromagnetic cannon. The book is fully illustrated by photos and diagrams and contains an thorough technical appendix. "The Moon Conquerors" by R.H. Romans, first published in 1930, was one of the first science fiction novels to describe a spacecraft given its initial launch boost by an electromagnetic gun. Listed in: |
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