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Experiments with the Flettner rotor

Week number 25-05

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The Flettner rotor consists of a vertical rotating cylinder, which uses wind to achieve an ongoing movement, e.g. to let a ship sail. Close up of experimental set-up on a table, where a rotating cylinder is placed near a wind machine and a rectilinear movement is achieved, various shots, 16 "+ 21". Drawn animation of the principle, 26 ".

Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Publication date:
16 February 1925
Length:
01:05

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Type:
video
Original format:
Film 
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
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