"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6272425 | Load determination for an internal combustion engine A method and apparatus are provided for synchronizing an event of an internal combustion engine at least in part as a function of the load on the engine. Desirably, the ignition timing of the engine may be controlled as a function of the load on the engin... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6157286 | High voltage current limiting device A high voltage, current limiting device is connected in series with a high voltage power source and a protected load to interrupt current for an over-current condition [Typically 50 kA]. The current limiting device includes a current sensor/isolator and a... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5907270 | Current-limiting switch A current-limiting switch, with current connections and contacts, at least one of which is movable, having an associated drive, for opening the moving contact when a predefined electric current intensity is exceeded, are provided. The drive is a thermoele... | 05/25/1999 |
| 4152576 | Low voltage welding circuit with non-conductive ground connector A protective ground connector for establishing a direct ground connection in response to a fault voltage in a welding circuit. A pair of smooth-faced metal blocks are clamped in face-to-face relationship with each other with a relatively thin shim of elec... | 05/01/1979 |