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Rock band from Los Angeles
Rocket Scientists is a progressive rock band formed in the late 1980s by keyboardist Erik Norlander and vocalist / guitarist Mark McCrite. The band released
Rocket_Scientists
Branch of engineering
rocketry However, "rocket science" is a misnomer, as aerospace engineers are not scientists and do not necessarily work on rocket propulsion. "Required
Aerospace_engineering
American metallurgist (born c. 1965)
[dead link] "Comer & Burlison Seek Information on Missing Nuclear and Rocket Scientists". United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Monica_Reza
American rocket engineer (1914–1952)
the first rocket engine to use a castable, composite rocket propellant, and pioneered the advancement of both liquid-fuel and solid-fuel rockets. Parsons
Jack_Parsons
Secret post-WWII United States program
Army's Counterintelligence Corps (CIC). Many selected scientists were involved in the Nazi rocket program, aviation, or chemical/biological warfare. The
Operation_Paperclip
secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to
List of Germans relocated to the US via Operation Paperclip
List_of_Germans_relocated_to_the_US_via_Operation_Paperclip
First rockets
German rocket scientists, including von Braun, and brought them to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip. In America, the same rockets that were
History_of_rockets
American physicist and inventor (1882–1945)
was a shy person, and rocket research was not considered a suitable pursuit for a physics professor. The press and other scientists ridiculed his theories
Robert_H._Goddard
Vehicle propelled by ejection of gases
A rocket (from Italian: rocchetto, lit. ''bobbin/spool'', and so named for its shape) is an elongated flying vehicle that uses a rocket engine to accelerate
Rocket
New Zealand-born aerospace engineer
Auckland. In December 2018 New Zealand company Rocket Lab announced that the fourth launch of their Electron rocket and their first mission for NASA's Educational
Bill Pickering (rocket scientist)
Bill_Pickering_(rocket_scientist)
Israeli secret agent (1927–2005)
Israeli government. He also led an operation against Nazi nuclear rocket scientists who assisted an Egyptian weapons development program after World War
Peter_Malkin
1962–63 Israeli covert operation in Egypt
which targeted German scientists and technicians, formerly employed in Nazi Germany's rocket program, who were developing rockets for Egypt at a military
Operation_Damocles
German American aerospace engineer (1912–1977)
Retrieved 16 December 2025. "Psalm 19:1". Bible Gateway. "Ex-German Rocket Scientists. U.S. rocket programme 1969" (video). Thames Television. 17 July 1969. Archived
Wernher_von_Braun
German long-range ballistic missile
The V-2 rocket (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, lit. 'Vengeance Weapon 2'), with the development name Aggregat-4 (A4), was the world's first practical, modern
V-2_rocket
Rocket scientist at ISRO
"India's Rocket Women: Meet The Women Of ISRO – Rocket Women". rocket-women.com. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017. "The women scientists who took
Nandini_Harinath
with development of solid-fuel rockets, which resulted in the development of the Katyusha rocket launcher. Rocket scientists and engineers, particularly
Soviet_rocketry
Space exploration program conducted by the Soviet Union from 1951 to 1991
V-2 rocket, establishing production of the R-1 rocket and enable a base for further developments. On 22 October 1946, 302 German rocket scientists and
Soviet_space_program
American musician (born 1967)
Starting in 1993, Norlander's earliest releases were with his band Rocket Scientists. He also collaborated in multiple roles on albums released by Lana
Erik_Norlander
Rocket engine that uses liquid fuels and oxidizers
A liquid-propellant rocket or liquid rocket uses a rocket engine burning liquid propellants. (Alternate approaches use gaseous or solid propellants.)
Liquid-propellant_rocket
1944 German rocket that entered space
date of that launch is unknown because rocket scientists did not record precise dates during this phase. V-2 rockets were still known as A-4s until September
MW_18014
American musician
lead in her eponymous band, and has sung backing vocals for the band Rocket Scientists and guest sung on Ayreon and Erik Norlander albums. She is married
Lana_Lane
Soviet aerospace engineer (1907–1966)
(12 January 1907 [O.S. 30 December 1906] – 14 January 1966) was a Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer who led the development of the Soviet space
Sergei_Korolev
Danish entrepreneur and murderer
he shared an interest in rockets. While attending primary and secondary school in Høng, Madsen developed an interest in rocket fuel with the help of chemistry
Peter_Madsen
British rocket scientist
British rocket scientist. In a 17 November 2008 article from the British newspaper The Times, he was named "one of the world's leading rocket scientists" by
Daniel_Jubb
American daredevil and flat-Earther (1956–2020)
professed flat-Earther, and daredevil known for flying in self-built steam rockets. He died while filming a stunt for an upcoming Science Channel television
Mike_Hughes_(daredevil)
German-American rocket engineer and scientist (1908–1983)
of the Peenemünde scientists at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Debus served as both a technical and diplomatic liaison between German rocket engineers and the
Kurt_Debus
2006 film by Steven Soderbergh
weaves in elements involving the American postwar employment of Nazi rocket scientists in Operation Paperclip. The film was shot in black-and-white and is
The_Good_German
Russian scientist (1857–1935)
September [O.S. 5 September] 1857 – 19 September 1935) was a Russian rocket scientist who pioneered astronautics. Along with Hermann Oberth and Robert H
Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky
American aerospace engineer, optical scientist and writer
24, 1968) is an American scientist, engineer, science fiction writer, and the star of National Geographic Channel's Rocket City Rednecks which aired
Travis_S._Taylor
Pendulous Integrating Gyroscopic Accelerometer, an inertial guidance instrument
German V2 (EMW A4) ballistic missile and was known among the German rocket scientists as the MMIA "Mueller Mechanical Integrating Accelerometer". This system
PIGA_accelerometer
Indian Hindi-language biographical series
Rocket Boys is an Indian Hindi-language biographical streaming television series on SonyLIV based on the lives of Homi J. Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai. It
Rocket_Boys_(web_series)
American rocket fuel scientist (1921–2004)
was an American rocket fuel scientist credited with the invention of the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957, which powered the Jupiter-C rocket that boosted the
Mary_Sherman_Morgan
American drummer
by Richie Kotzen, Shadow King by Steve Fister, Revolution Road by Rocket Scientists, In the Eye of Time by Vox Tempus, Bug Alley and the soundtrack to
Gregg_Bissonette
Application of mathematical and computational practices in finance
adventurousness and fondness for disruptive innovation. Financial "rocket scientists" were usually trained in applied mathematics, statistics or finance
Financial_engineering
American mathematician and rocket scientist
was an African American computer scientist who contributed significantly to the beginning iterations of NASA's rocket technologies. Easley was born in
Annie_Easley
United States Army post since 1941
arsenal was used for research and development by former Nazi German rocket scientists who were brought to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip
Redstone_Arsenal
Pakistani Guided MLRS family
missile, is a family of guided multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) developed by Pakistan. It consists of rockets and cruise missiles of different calibres
Fatah (multiple rocket launcher)
Fatah_(multiple_rocket_launcher)
Soviet rocket scientist
ethnicity and a general in Soviet Army, who is regarded as one of the key scientists and founders in the Soviet Union's space program, and for many years a
Kerim_Kerimov
Chinese rocket scientist (1911–2009)
In response to the German V-1 cruise missile and V-2 rocket, he and other important US scientists developed a variety of highly effective missiles that
Qian_Xuesen
11th Chairman of ISRO
Narayanan (born 14 May 1964) is an Indian cryogenic engineer and rocket scientist who is serving as Chairman of ISRO and the Secretary of the Department
V._Narayanan_(engineer)
Royal Air Force bombing operation during World War II
about 170 German civilian personnel were killed, including two V-2 rocket scientists. Assessments of the raids effectiveness vary; the United States Strategic
Operation_Hydra_(1943)
American engineer, inventor
generation of scientists and thinkers, including Carl Sagan. Inspired by science fiction, Forman and Parsons started building model rockets in their backyards
Edward_Forman
American educational television host (1917–2007)
performances helped create the United States' first generation of homegrown rocket scientists just in time to respond to Sputnik. He sent us to the moon. He changed
Don_Herbert
vertical take-off crewed rocket flight in a Bachem Ba 349 "Natter" 1945 - Operation Paperclip takes 1,600 German rocket scientists and technicians to the
Timeline of rocket and missile technology
Timeline_of_rocket_and_missile_technology
1973 novel by Thomas Pynchon
officer that he is to head back to the U.S.S.R. with some German rocket scientists, despite his own misgivings about Marxist dialectics. A conference
Gravity's_Rainbow
American aerospace engineer (born 1986)
Metro Parents. Retrieved February 25, 2021. Bowe, Aisha (April 2023). "Rocket Scientist Aisha Bowe on a Mission to Inspire Others to Reach for the Stars".
Aisha_Bowe
Topics referred to by the same term
specializing in creating rockets; a rocket scientist The Rocketeer (character), a fictional comic book character and media franchise The Rocketeer (film), a 1991
Rocketeer
Discrepancy of the lack of evidence for alien life despite its apparent likelihood
Stephen Webb (scientist) – Physicist/Author – Where Are All The Aliens? The Martians (scientists) – Group of prominent Hungarian scientists Wow! signal –
Fermi_paradox
National intelligence agency of Israel
installations, and industries. He also composed a list of German rocket scientists working for the Egyptian government, and sent some of them letter
Mossad
Rocket fuel combination
Devil's venom was a nickname coined by Soviet rocket scientists for a hypergolic liquid rocket fuel composed of a dangerous combination of red fuming nitric
Devil's_venom
1929 film directed by Fritz Lang
the rocket scientists in Wernher von Braun's circle at the Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR). The first successfully launched V-2 rocket at the rocket-development
Woman_in_the_Moon
United States software engineer (born 1936)
February 10, 2025. Rayl, A.J.S (October 16, 2006). "NASA Engineers and Scientists-Transforming Dreams Into Reality". 50th Magazine. NASA. Sheehan, Alan
Margaret Hamilton (software engineer)
Margaret_Hamilton_(software_engineer)
2004 film by Stephen Whittaker
recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. Two German rocket scientists are unable to obtain funding for their experiments from the German
The_Rocket_Post
German rocket scientist (1910–1943)
1943) was a German rocket scientist. Thiel provided the decisive ideas for the A4 (V-2) rocket engine and his research enabled rockets to head towards space
Walter_Thiel
History of the State of Israel since its independence
Forces. In 1955 the Egyptian government began recruiting former Nazi rocket scientists for a missile program. Sharett's government was brought down by the
History of Israel (1948–present)
History_of_Israel_(1948–present)
American chemist and writer (1907–1988)
John Drury Clark, Ph.D. (August 15, 1907 – July 6, 1988) was an American rocket fuel developer, chemist, and science fiction writer. He was instrumental
John_Drury_Clark
Russian rocket scientist (1906–1953)
September 9 [O.S. August 27] 1906 – January 2, 1953) was a Soviet rocket scientist and propellant chemist. He played a major role in the early development
Nikolai_Chernyshev
German civil servant and politician
from 1 June 1932 to 28 January 1933. He was the father of pioneering rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. Magnus von Braun was born at his family's manor
Magnus_von_Braun_(senior)
Former secret American military intelligence facility
exploit the German scientists recruited as part of Operation Paperclip in Europe. In order to prevent scientists specializing in rocket and other sensitive
P._O._Box_1142
Russian philosopher and life extensionist
Solovyov. His ideas influenced a diverse group of people, from early rocket scientists like Konstantin Tsiolkovsky to artists and composers, including Alexander
Nikolai Fyodorov (philosopher)
Nikolai_Fyodorov_(philosopher)
English singer (born 1993)
September 2025. "Check Out The Music Video For Perrie's New Song, "Rocket Scientist"". Beautiful Ballad. Retrieved 30 September 2025. Wikimedia Commons
Perrie_Edwards
Series of WW2 German military projects
the Soviet Union, German scientists contributed to the development of GOLEM-1, a liquid-fueled rocket based on the V-2 rocket design and designed to be
Rocket_U-boat
1995 misidentification of sounding rocket
American scientists launched a Black Brant XII four-stage sounding rocket from the Andøya Rocket Range off the northwestern coast of Norway. The rocket carried
Norwegian_rocket_incident
Rocket designer
Karel Jan Bossart (February 9, 1904 – August 3, 1975) was an innovative rocket designer and creator of the Atlas ICBM. His achievements rank alongside
Karel_Bossart
German rocket scientist (1919–2003)
– 21 June 2003) was a German chemical engineer, Luftwaffe aviator, rocket scientist and business executive. A highly-regarded member of the Nazi Party
Magnus_von_Braun
German influence on the Soviet rocketry after WWII
the Soviet Union to understand and replicate the rocket technology. The involvement of German scientists and engineers was an essential catalyst to early
German influence on Soviet rocketry
German_influence_on_Soviet_rocketry
2014 novel by Allen Steele
United States. Some of the historical figures included in the book are rocket scientists Wernher von Braun and Robert H. Goddard. V-S Day was nominated for
V-S_Day
American scientist
October 1921 – 17 July 1996) was an American scientist, known for developing the first elastomeric solid rocket propellant formula, at the Jet Propulsion
Charles_Bartley
First Native American female engineer
ISBN 978-1576070727. OCLC 48139041. Briggs, Kara (December 24, 2008). "Cherokee rocket scientist leaves heavenly gift". Cherokee Phoenix. NMAI Newservice. "Celebrating
Mary_Golda_Ross
German-American aerospace engineer (1908-1998)
Apollo program. Rees was in the first group of Operation Paperclip rocket scientists brought to the United States by the Army Ordnance Corps, arriving
Eberhard_Rees
German-American rocket scientist
3, 1925 - March 11, 2020) was a German-American rocket scientist and member of the "von Braun rocket team." Struck worked in aerodynamics in both the
Heinrich_Struck
17th-century general, gunsmith, and military engineer
org/wiki/Leonhard_Euler Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935), Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory Clan of Ostoja, group of knights
Kazimierz_Siemienowicz
German diplomat (1911–1998)
Reich Food Minister Magnus von Braun (senior). His brothers were rocket scientists Wernher von Braun and Magnus von Braun, and he was the father of politician
Sigismund_von_Braun
German engineer, rocket scientist and inventor of the smart card
was a German engineer, rocket scientist and inventor of the smart card. During World War II, he worked in the German V-2 rocket program under Wernher von
Helmut_Gröttrup
German-American rocket scientist and Operation Paperclip hire (1905–2001)
a German-American rocket scientist and Operation Paperclip hire. After involvement with the development of numerous German rockets during World War II
William_August_Schulze
Branch of applied computer science
a group of young quantitative practitioners who became known as "rocket scientists" arrived on Wall Street and brought along personal computers. This
Computational_finance
Proposed rocket propulsion mechanism
The nuclear salt-water rocket (NSWR) is a theoretical type of nuclear thermal rocket designed by Robert Zubrin. In place of traditional chemical propellant
Nuclear_salt-water_rocket
2026 conspiracy theory
deaths or disappearances of several people, some described online as scientists tied to classified or sensitive research, were connected to secret knowledge
Missing scientists conspiracy theory
Missing_scientists_conspiracy_theory
German Army artillery officer
Nazi Germany's V-2 rocket programme and other projects at the Peenemünde Army Research Centre. After the war, the US Nazi scientist recruitment programme
Walter_Dornberger
Palestinian-American electrical and computer engineer lead NASA Mars helicopter
"BBC The Documentary Podcast". BBC. Retrieved March 16, 2025. "The Rocket Scientists". Wired Middle East. Retrieved March 16, 2025. "NASA Engineer Helped
Loay_Elbasyouni
Canadian-American Rocket and Jet Propulsion Engineer
rocket and jet propulsion engineer. She is responsible for inventing the Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster (EHT/Resistojet), a fuel-efficient rocket thruster
Yvonne_Brill
2021 novel by Sylvain Neuvel
the historical figures included in the book are German and Soviet rocket scientists Wernher von Braun and Sergei Korolev. Historical events covered include
A_History_of_What_Comes_Next
American aeronautical engineer and painter
him to pursue studies into rocketry and rocket propulsion. The formal goal was development of a sounding rocket. Malina and five associates (including
Frank_Malina
Soviet rocket engineer (1908–1989)
aircraft projects with other arrested scientists. In 1941 he was placed in charge of a design bureau for liquid-fueled rocket engines. He was finally released
Valentin_Glushko
Soviet rocket scientist (1898–1938)
Dynamics Laboratory along with several other notable Soviet rocket scientists, and they developed rocket projectiles that used smokeless powder. This group was
Georgy_Langemak
U.S. Army branch charged with the supply of weapons and ammunition
seven rocket scientists arrived at Fort Strong, New York and then moving to Fort Bliss, Texas, in January 1946. In 1949, the German scientists were transferred
United States Army Ordnance Corps
United_States_Army_Ordnance_Corps
Canadian actor
2016, Ephraim was a member of the Toronto sketch comedy troupe The Rocket Scientists alongside Brandon Hackett, Kevin MacNeil, and Chris Small. Ephraim
Ephraim_Ellis
German rocket engineer (1906–1996)
1906 – January 1, 1996) was a German rocket engineer who was a leader of the effort to develop the V-2 rocket. After World War II, the United States
Arthur_Rudolph
German-American scientist
1913 – May 25, 2008) was a German-American atomic, electrical, and rocket scientist. After being brought to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip
Ernst_Stuhlinger
American author and engineer
LePoint is an American author, professional speaker and rocket scientist. LePoint helped design rockets for 28 of NASA Space Shuttle missions between 1998
Olympia_LePoint
Russian aerospace engineer (1911–95)
development of engines for the projected Soviet N1 Moon rocket. The primary engines for the development rockets were Kuznetsov NK-15 and Kuznetsov NK-15V (later
Nikolai_Kuznetsov_(engineer)
Non-airbreathing engine used to propel a missile or vehicle
A rocket engine, also known as a rocket motor, is a reaction engine, producing thrust in accordance with Newton's third law by ejecting reaction mass
Rocket_engine
American financial theorist
Perry J. Kaufman is an American systematic trader, rocket scientist, index developer, and quantitative financial theorist. He is considered a leading expert
Perry_J._Kaufman
V-2 rocket. By the end of the war, he was transferred to the United States by the US Army (see Operation Paperclip and German rocket scientists in the
Adolf_Thiel
American rocket used in the Apollo program during the 1960s and 70s
(2013). Entering the Race to the Moon: Autobiography of an Apollo Rocket Scientist. Williamsburg, Virginia: Jack Be Nimble Publishing. ISBN 9780983044178
Saturn_IB
Soviet engineer and missile designer (1911–1971)
charge of guidance systems. As Sergei Korolev’s associate, he set up a rocket propulsion centre in Dnepropetrovsk in UkSSR which later formed the basis
Mikhail_Yangel
Indian orbital class expendable rocket family
Vikram-I rocket stage, representing a major milestone for the company. Named 'Kalam-100' after former president and the renowned Indian rocket scientist A.P
Vikram_(rocket_family)
Class of Chinese rockets
The Long March rocket family (Chinese: 长征运载火箭, romanized: Cháng Zhēng yùnzài huǒjiàn, lit. 'Long March launch vehicles') is a family of expendable launch
Long_March_(rocket_family)
Taiwanese scientist
Wu and his siblings were not provided with opportunities to build model rockets, but during Lunar New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations, they set
Wu_Jong-shinn
on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 2020-07-20. "Research Work on Rocket Propellants By German Scientists at the Oka Chemical Plant In Dzerzhinsk" (PDF). CIA. 1953-05-13
List of Germans transported to the USSR via Operation Osoaviakhim
List_of_Germans_transported_to_the_USSR_via_Operation_Osoaviakhim
ROCKET SCIENTISTS
ROCKET SCIENTISTS
Boy/Male
English American
Rock.
Surname or Lastname
German (also Rücker)
German (also Rücker) : nickname from Middle High German rucken ‘to move or draw’.North German : nickname from Middle Low German rucker ‘thief’, ‘greedy or acquisitive person’.German : from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name Rudiger.English : variant of Rocker.
Male
German
Low German form of Old High German Ricohard, RICKERT means "powerful ruler."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Ricky, RICKEY means "powerful ruler."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rock 2.
Boy/Male
French, German, Hebrew, Italian
Rest; Rock
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, German, Italian
Dweller by the Rock; From the Rock Fortress; Stone Camp; Rest
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a spinner or a maker of distaffs, from an agent derivative of Middle English rok ‘distaff’ (see Rock).German : from a Germanic personal name based on hrÅd ‘renown’.habitational name from a farm named Rokken in Pustertal, south Tyrol (Italy).German (Röcker) : from a topographic name or a place name Röcke (formerly Roke) near Bückeburg, Lower Saxony.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Rock.German (Röcke) : variant of Rock 4.
Boy/Male
British, English, Jamaican
From the Rock Meadow; Rocky Field
Boy/Male
French
Rock.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rocker.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French, German, Italian, Jamaican
Rock; Form of Rockne; From the Rock Fortress; Stone Camp; Rest
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon and Somerset)
English (Devon and Somerset) : from a diminutive of Cocke.
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Rock Meadow
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Roke, a topographic name for someone who lived near an oak tree (see Oak), from a misdivision of Middle English atter oke ‘at the oak’. Roke in Oxfordshire and Rock in Worcestershire are named in this way, and so the surname may be habitational in some cases.English : possibly a variant of Rock 1.
Boy/Male
French
Rock.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : unexplained.
Boy/Male
English American
Rock.
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Rock Meadow
ROCKET SCIENTISTS
ROCKET SCIENTISTS
Girl/Female
English
Feminine of nickname for Joseph and Jude.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Celtic, English
Strong; She Ascends; Female Version of Brian
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place so called; there is one in Cambridgeshire and another in Northamptonshire, both named with Old English beorn ‘warrior’ (genitive plural beorna) or the Old English personal name Beorna + well(a) ‘stream’.A John Barnwell (c.1671–1724) emigrated to SC from Ireland at the end of the 17th century.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Answering, afflicting, making poor.
Boy/Male
Celtic American Gaelic
Harmony, stone, or noble. Also fair, handsome. Originally a saint's name, it was reintroduced to...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the personal name Jack + the pejorative suffix -ard.
Boy/Male
Indian, Kashmiri
Kind
Girl/Female
German
Loves Horses
Girl/Female
Muslim
Lotus, Water Lily, A flower
Boy/Male
German
Strong as a boar.
ROCKET SCIENTISTS
ROCKET SCIENTISTS
ROCKET SCIENTISTS
ROCKET SCIENTISTS
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imp. & p. p.
of Rocket
v. i.
To play at cricket.
v. t.
To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
v. t.
To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change.
v. t. & i.
To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl.
v. t.
To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
v. t.
To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.
n.
A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.
n.
Crockets. See Crocket.
v. i.
To make a confused noise or racket.
v. t.
To strike with, or as with, a racket.
n.
Rocket larkspur. See below.
a.
Affected with rickets.
n.
A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
n.
An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display.
v. t.
To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.
n.
One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.
n.
A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse.