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This book is intended for scientific workers interested in combustion problems, for students of higher and middle technical schools, and for technicians. It should be useful to a wide circle of rocket modelers. The book gives basic theoretical information on such physiocochemical properties of solid rocket fuels as burning mechanism, thrust, combustion, and ignition. It also gives information on chemical problems connected with solid fuels and cites numerous examples of specific fuels. The authors sincerely thank Professor Doctor Dionizy Smolensk! for exceptionally valuable remarks and suggestions which made it possible to avoid a number of errors and mistakes. They thank also Doctor Engineer Zygmunt Bonecki who gave the initiative for writing the- book. Special recognition is expressed to Zofia Sosnowska for her keen and expert editing