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More Facts About the Flettner Rotor Ship

The Constructional, Operating and Theoretical Data for This Remarkable and Novel Sailing Ship, Some Illustrations of Which Were Presented in Our Last Issue


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Scientific American Magazine Vol 132 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “More Facts About the Flettner Rotor Ship” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 132 No. 2 (), p. 82
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0225-82