[ Photographs ] (SCIENCE) CAPLIN, HARRY Series of 19 vintage photographs relating to the field of rocketry and Dr. Robert Goddard'swork in Auburn, Mass. and at the Roswell Testing Site, by Harry Caplin. Silver prints, various sizes from 10x3 to

[ Photographs ] (SCIENCE) CAPLIN, HARRY Series of 19 vintage photographs relating to the field of rocketry and Dr. Robert Goddard'swork in Auburn, Mass. and at the Roswell Testing Site, by Harry Caplin. Silver prints, various sizes from 10x3 to 10x8in, 7 with Caplin's hand stamp and notations on verso; includes a typewritten list of the pictures and a bio of Goddard. 1925-30s E2,500/3,500 A dynamic group of pictures, in the spirit of "Doc" Edgerton's scientific motion studies, chronicling the early experiments of Dr. Goddard, for whom the first rockets were named.The photographs includepictures of Goddard in his laboratory, a group portrait of Goddard, Lindbergh, and Guggenehim, prototypes of combustion chambers and nozzles, early rockets firing in Auburn, Mass., more advanced rockets on the launch pad in Roswell, New Mexico, and more. WITH-New Mexico Professional Engineer. Illustrated. Large 4to, wrappers. Albuquerque, 1959.