Principle which inventor claims will eliminate ship propellers; by means of blowers or air compressors driven by ship's engines, air is caused to pass through openings in bottom of hull to form blades which move in direction of ship's stern and engage forward moving wake water; reaction has effect of forcing ship ahead, and constitutes motive force itself.
Air-lift propulsion for ships
Indian Eng
Indian Engineering ; 121 , n 2
1947
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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