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  Agreement of interest between Laura M. Powell and W. T. Hutchens.

  This official agreement states that Laura M. Powell will pay 6.5 percent interest instead of 8 on her note of June 14, 1920, to be due on December 14, 1929. Written on The First National Bank in Huntsville, Alabama letterhead.
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  View of the Carnegie Library building from Buchanan Way

  Carnegie Hall, located at Buchanan Way, funded by Andrew Carnegie, built in 1906, the building has been used as a campus library
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  A Wardian case being loaded with plants.

  A Wardian case filled with plants by a horticulturist. The case is open on one side to allow for loading. The side of the case is labeled to indicate a return to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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  "Technician inspects an RL10 liquid hydrogen engine."

  A technician inspects an RLlO liquid hydrogen rocket engine OD the assembly floor. of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft's Florida Research and Development Center. The 115,000-pound-thrust RLlO was designed and developed for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Saturn S-IV azld Centaur space vehicles.
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  "Saturn S-IV engines."

  Folder of information.
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  "Pratt & Whitney Aircraft RL10 liquid hydrogen rocket engine."

  Photograph of a liquid hydrogen rocket engine.
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  "Launch Information: Saturn S-IV and the RL10 Engine."

  The RL10, which powers the National Aeronautics and Space Administration' s Saturn S-IV, is the newest propulsion system to be put to work in advancing our nation's space effortr On November 27, 1963, a pair of RLlO's successfully powered a five-ton Centaur space vehicle in earth orbit in the first flight demonstration of the outer space powerplant which uses high-nenergy liquid hydrogen as fuel. A six-engine cluster of RLlO' s, generating a total of 90, 000 pounds of thrust, powers the Saturn S-IV stage. The 15, 000 pound-thrust engine was designed and developed for NASA's Mar shall Space Flight Center at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft's Florida Research and Development Center, 20 miles northwest of West Palm Beach.
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  Artist's Conception of the RL10-powered Saturn S-IV Stage.

  This artist's rendering of the RL10-powered Saturn S-IV stage is depicted as heading toward deep space after separation from the booster. The drawing is accompanied with a brief description of the Saturn S-IV.
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  "Transportation of Douglas Saturn S-IVB stages."

  Presented to the American Society of Civil Engineers by R. W. Prentice, manager, Saturn Logistics Support, Douglas Aircraft Company Inc., Missile & Space Systems Division, Space Systems Center, Huntington Beach, California. This paper describes the significant events and equipment associated with transporting the Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., built Saturn S-IVB stage from stage fabrication at Huntington Beach, California, to the Sacramento Test Center and to the Kennedy Space Center. Descriptions and illustrations of the transportation vehicles and major ground support and instrumentation equipment are presented for a more comprehensive understanding of the transportation problem.
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  "Post-Apollo space program report: directions for the future."

  Summary of President's Advisory Committee report to the President's Space Task Group.