rocket propulsion
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rocket propulsion reaction propulsion wherein both the fuel and the oxidizer, generating the hot gases expended through a nozzle, are carried as part of the rocket engine.
Rocket propulsion differs from jet propulsion in that jet propulsion utilizes atmospheric air as an oxidizer, whereas rocket propulsion utilizes nitric acid or a similar compound as an oxidizer.
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Herder's critique of pure reason.(Johann Gottfried von Herder)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; J.G. HERDER WROTE in 1799 a lengthy and stridently...function independently of sensuous content. Herder's Metacritique has been criticized for...2) The suspicion arises here that Herder's Metacritique actually represents a...
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Therese Huber und Emil von Herder: Zum Geschlechterdiskursum 1800.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
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Travel: Poetry, drama and beer; Neil Connor came over all Bohemian on a recent trip to central Germany when he followed in the footsteps of the poets, writers and composers of 'The Land of the Thinkers'. However, he found it thirsty work.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 10/2/2004; 700+ words
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Weimar - history and culture.(Hidden Travel Bargains)(Germany)(part 5)(Column)
Magazine article from: International Travel News; 12/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...a revival in the music of great composers like Johann Sebastian Bach and Franz Liszt and is also known...of poets and humanists like Goethe, Friedrich von Schiller, Johann Gottfried von Herder and Friedrich Nietzsche. Stops of note So it...
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African Americans Who Teach German Language and Culture
Magazine article from: The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education; 1/31/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...influenced by the philosopher-poet Johann Gottfried von Herder and the composer Richard Wagner...unification under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (as did Du Bois) and...support of a liberal reformer -- Gottfried Kinkel, a leader of the failed...
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Kuehn, Manfred. Kant: a Biography.
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...philosophical scene and who played a significant role in the life of Kant: for example, Johann Georg Hamann, Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel, Johann Gottfried von Herder, and Marcus Herz. Here we learn of Kant's interaction with these thinkers and...
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Language, identity, and the scriptorial landscape in Quebec and Catalonia*.
Magazine article from: The Geographical Review; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...dramatic change in thinking came with the writings of Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744-1803), the first scholar to articulate...language as more than interactive communication. Herder characterized language as the genius of a particular...
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German Opera: From the Beginnings to Wagner. (Book Reviews: National Musics).
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Nationalism, Anti-Semitism and Fascism in France.(Review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words
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A Philosopher with a Difference: Isaiah Berlin.
Magazine article from: The Wilson Quarterly; 3/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...he has preferred to write about those who have never made it into the philosophical canon: Johann Gottfried von Herder, Giambattista Vico, Johann Hamann, Aleksandr Herzen, Leo Tolstoy, Joseph de Maistre, Georges Sorel, Nikolai Bakunin...
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Johann Gottfried von Herder
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Herder, Johann Gottfried Von (1744–1803)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
HERDER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON (1744 – 1803) HERDER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON (1744 – 1803), German philosopher and theologian. Born in Mohrungen, East Prussia (now Morag, Poland), the son of a schoolteacher, Herder studied...
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Herder, Johann Gottfried von
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Johann Georg Hamann
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Hamann The German philosopher Johann Georg Hamann (1730-1788) was...xF6; nigsberg, East Prussia, Johann Georg Hamann was the son of the...translating. Kant introduced Hamann to Johann Gottfried von Herder and also secured him a position...
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