Charles Greeley Abbot

“ Goddard, checking the theoretical equations, and parts of the numerical calculations. I have examined also the patent specifications but not with such attention as to be able to say whether they represent the simplest mechanisms for carrying out their purposes.
I believe the theory is sound, and the experimental work both sound and ingenious. It seems to me that the character of Mr. Goddard's work is so high that he can well be trusted to carry it on to practical operation in any way that seems best to him. I regard the scheme as worth promoting. ”

“ The correspondent, R. H. Goddard of the Dept. of Physics Clark College Worcester Mass. has developed theoretically and in fact experimentally, a method applicable to raise meteorological apparatus to immense heights, far beyond those reached by present methods. Thus the highest free balloon flight so far is about 25 miles. ”

“ He proposes to do this by firing successive charges of smokeless powder in a special steel apparatus, who recoil carries it up and up till the charges are all fired. The apparatus is to be protected in descent by a small parachute. ”