Flow Indicator, Liquid Oxygen, Rocket Engine, R.H. Goddard
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Dr. Robert H. Goddard
- Summary
- This is a flow regulator for liquid oxygen, also called a lox [flow] indicator, and was used by Robert H. Goddard for some of his earliest liquid fuel rocket experiments, about 1923-1924.
- Mrs. Robert H. Goddard donated this object to the Smithsonian Institution in 1959 as part of a large collection of artifacts from her husband.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Robert H. Goddard
- Inventory Number
- A19590080000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Test
- Materials
- Steel, Brass, Felt, Copper, Natural Fabric, Cardboard, Plastic
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 41.9 x 6.7 x 30.5cm (16 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 12 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19590080000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96e4f5075-57e1-4003-8d7c-abd70661f18f
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