Employs principle of curving baseball; spinning cylinders distort wind currents; resultant driving force ten times that of same sail area; maneuvering simpler than with sails; inventor predicts use as auxiliary to engine drive.


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    Title :

    Flettner's sailless ship explained


    Additional title:

    Power


    Published in:

    Power ; 60 , n 27 ; p 1054-1056


    Publication date :

    1924


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    7 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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