Flow Regulator, Liquid Oxygen, Rocket Engine, R.H. Goddard, 1926
date: label: Date
content: 1926
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Dr. Robert H. Goddard
notes: label: Summary
content: This liquid oxygen flow regulator was tested by the American rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) about July 1926. There were two of these devices, each placed on the ends of liquid oxygen pipes. Within each regulator (within the cylindrical cage formed by the regulators) Goddard placed a cork. As the liquid oxygen flowed through these pipes, a certain amount of condensation was allowed to escape through holes at the bottom of each regulator. The corks thus freely moved upward within the cage, but only to the top of the cage, and therefore limited how much condensation could be released.
label: Summary
content: Mrs. Robert H. Goddard donated this object to the Smithsonian Institution in 1959 as part of a large collection of artifacts from her husband.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
label: Location
content: National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
label: Exhibition
content: Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Robert H. Goddard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19590077000
objectType: label: Type
content: PROPULSION-Accessories (to an Engine)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Steel, brass
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 15.1 × 2.5 × 2.5cm (5 15/16 × 1 × 1 in.)