Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volumes 1 through 5

From The Space Library

Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volumes 1 through 5 (Pre- World War 2)

Contents 1 Volume 1 2 Volume 2 3 Volume 3 4 Volume 4 5 Volume 5

Volume 1

January 1934

• Retrospect & Prospect P.E. Cleator 2

• Membership 5

• Advertising 6

April 1934

• Rocketry in Germany Willy Ley 9
• Editorial P.E. Cleator 13
• International Interplanetary News 16
• The Press An Appreciation and a Plea P.E. Cleator 20
• List of New Members 21
• Advertising 22

July 1934

• Science & Interplanetary Communication Professor A.M. Low 25
• Editorial P.E. Cleator 26
• List of Books on Rocketry Willy Ley 28
• List of New Members 29
• Advertising 30

October 1934

• Interplanetary Societies J.G. Strong B. Sc. 33
• Editorial P.E. Cleator 34
• A Mistake of the Antagonists of Space Travel Dr. Ing. Otto Steinitz 35
• List of New Members 37
• Advertising 38

Volume 2

May 1935

• Editorial P.E. Cleator 2
• Extra-Terrestrial Life P.E. Cleator 3
• Analecta 5
• New Members 6

October 1935

• Editorial P.E. Cleator 8
• Why Not Shoot Rockets? G. Edward Pendray 9
• Analecta 13

Volume 3

February 1936

• Editorial P.E. Cleator 2
• The 1935 Research Programme of the ARS Peter van Dresser 3
• Internationale Raketenfahrt-Kartel Werner Brügel 6
• Weisberger Moon P.E. Cleator 7
• Analecta 10
• New Members 11
• Advertising 12

June 1936

• Editorial 15
• A Three Year Old Mystery Ralph Stranger 17
• Current Astronomy T. Salisbury 19
• Another Vice President for the Society 22
• Notes & News 23
• Thunderstorm Census W.T. Eyton 24
• Cleveland Experiments 25
• Navigation of Spaceships J.H. Edwards 26
• Appleton’s Inferno P.E. Cleator 27
• Airmail by Rocket? 31
• Correspondence 32
• New Members 33
• Stop Press 35
• Advertising 36

Volume 4

February 1937

• A Criticism of “Things to Come” D.W.F. Mayer 4
• Prize Winning Paper on Rocket Design
• The Fiftieth Birthday of Dr Otto Steinitz Ms D.M. Farmer
• Doubts of the Theory of Orifice Design J.H. Edwards
• For the Astronautical Library 14
• The London Branch of the Society 18

December 1937

• Editorial Edward J. Carnell 3
• Pioneering Professor A.M. Low 3
• Policy of the B.I.S. Ralph A. Smith 5
• Technicalities Technical Committee 8
• Astronautics at the “Palais de la Decouverte” Robert Lencement 20
• Spaceships, Aircraft & Rockets J.H. Edwards 23

Volume 5

January 1939

• The B.I.S. Spaceship Harold Earnest Ross 4
• The Payload on the Lunar Trip 10
• The B.I.S. Technical Report 17
• An Elementary Mathematical Approach to Astronautics Arthur C. Clarke 26

July 1939

• Editorial William F. Temple 3
• The Firing Control of the B.I.S. Spaceship J.H. Edwards & Harold Earnest Ross 4
• Future Progress in Astronautics Arthur V. Cleaver 12
• Report of the Technical Committee 17
• The B.I.S. Coelostat R.A. Smith 22
• Materials for the Spaceship Arthur Janser 27