Word: larboard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...through, and tried to realize that, according to the Magnus principle, the quartering wind that struck the cylindrical metal sails created suction on their surfaces, the suction being greatest on the forward surfaces when they were rotated "into the wind" - i.e., clockwise for a starboard breeze, counterclockwise for a larboard. By proper reversals of the rotors, the ship was easily made to tack and maneuver...
...over any surface creates suction on that surface, greatest on any part of the surface that does not move with the wind. Thus, the forward surface of a rotorship's cylinder being made to move into the wind - i. e., clockwise into a starboard wind, counterclockwise to a larboard jwind-suction is strongest on that forward surface and the ship is drawn ahead...
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