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...Engineers. In outline, the job looks simple. A "nuclear reactor" (essentially a controlled, slow-exploding atom bomb) gives off most of its energy as heat. One way to do the trick is to put a reactor in place of the combustion chambers of a turbojet engine (see chart). A compressor forces air into the forward end of the engine. Heated and expanded by the nuclear reactor, the air shoots toward the rear end. On the way it spins a turbine, which runs the compressor through a shaft. The force of the jet escaping from the tailpipe pushes the airplane forward...
Except for its small size, the Broomstick is not very different from larger gas turbines. A compressor at the front end drives air into a ring of seven combustion chambers, where it is heated by burning kerosene and kicked out at greatly increased speed. The blast of hot gases runs two turbines. The first turns the compressor, keeping the engine running. The second, spinning at 17,000-35,000 r.p.m., drives the transmission shaft that delivers the engine's power...
...named because, in each of the 10-lb. power units at the tips of its two rotor blades, air rams through one end fast enough to do away with the need for the mechanical air compressor of the ordinary jet engine...
...paper profit on their $150,000 investment in Texas Eastern stock. The Brown brothers had made $2,800,000 in paper profits on their initial investment for stock of $42,750. They would net another $500,000 or so in profits, at cost plus, in constructing 21 compressor stations along the Inches. Geologist De Golyer's paper net was $1,000,000 on a $15,000 investment, Holley Poe's was $712,000 on $10,000. As for the eleven partners of Dillon, Read & Co., their $18,750 investment had grown into $1.2 paper millions. They would also...
Power supply is no problem. Colonel McCutcheon describes the various reaction engines which will power guided missiles, at least until atomic propulsion is perfected. Best known is the familiar turbojet. A compressor draws air through the engine's nose. Burning fuel heats and expands it. The hot blast roars out the tail at over 1,000 miles an hour, giving a mighty push. Before the gases reach the open, they spin a turbine, which powers the compressor...