Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2016
Serious rocket development was started in Germany in the years 1929–1930 by a few groups of private inventors. This work attracted the attention of the Army Weapons Group in 1933, and in 1937–1938 a special research and development station was set up at Peenemunde at the cost of 300 million marks, and the work was transferred from Berlin to this new station at about that time.
Note on page No 492 * Fig. 14, which is a photograph of the venturi of the Swedish rocket, shows a venturi which is rather different to the production type; the main, face of the combustion chamber being formed in light alloy and bolted to the remaining steel part of the chamber.