1922 R. GlazebrookDict. Appl. Physics II. 891/2Single-stage amplifiers.
1945 H. D. SmythGen. Acct. Devel. Atomic Energy Mil. Purposes iv. 40Single-stage separators had effected the enrichment of the U-235 on a laboratory scale to about the degree predicted theoretically.
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1956 Spaceflight1 24/1 The first stage resembles the Viking rocket which attained a record altitude (for single-stage rockets) of 158·4 miles in 1954.