Comparison of various means of locomotion; three main classes of vehicles, marine, terrestrial and aerial, considered in detail; power required for transportation of unit weight as measure for comparison; for definite system of locomotion, minimum of power necessary is determined by physical laws of resistance of medium, efficiency of propulsion, and other factors; it appears that universal law can be found for specific power.
What price speed
Mech Eng
Mechanical Engineering ; 72 , n 10
1950
7 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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