Spacehounds of IPC

By: Smith, Edward Elmer

Book Excerpt: se than riding in a high-speed elevator, particularly since there was no change from positive to negative acceleration such as is experienced in express elevators.The computer, his calculations complete, watched the pilot with interest, for, accustomed as he was to traversing the depths of space, there was a never-failing thrill to his scientific mind in the delicacy and precision of the work which Breckenridge was doing--work which could be done only by a man who had had long training in the profession and who was possessed of instantaneous nervous reaction and of the highest degree of manual dexterity and control. Under his right and left hands were the double-series potentiometers actuating the variable-speed drives of the flight-angle directors in the hour and declination ranges; before his eyes was the finely marked micrometer screen upon which the guiding goniometer threw its needle-point of light; powerful optical systems of prisms and lenses revealed to his sight the director-angles, down to fRead More

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798723414952
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"