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.


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    Title :

    What price speed


    Additional title:

    Mech Eng


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1950


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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