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Science Fiction Collector, v. 4, issue 4, whole no. 22, September 1938

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advanced by an American naval engineer which may lead us to predict that in the near future boats may be propelled by four rapidly revolving but comparatively small water wheels located on the hull somewhat in the manner of the wheels on an auto. This principle, tried out on small models, foretells of far greater acceleration powers for the boat, with equal increase in breakage, which is one thing that boats do need. It takes the U.S.S. Lexington 7 miles to stop and reverse when going full speed in the open sea. Also the quadruple water wheel makes a boat far more stable, eliminating the possibility of a boat turning sideways in a heavy gale and loosing steerage, which is often disastrous, and it also eliminates the need of the bulky gyroscopic equipment with which many boats keep steady in heavy seas.

With a little boosting this new method may revolutionize the water wheel of the near future, and this is a shadow of things to come. From wheel to screw and back to wheel.

In the field of aviation, while designers are striving for "bigger and better wrecks," the field of Heliocoptogrophy, coined phrase denoting the science of helicopter lifting and flying, has been almost completely neglected. Instead of the huge stratoships which we are all sick of reading about, we have lots more practical solutions to worry about before we climb to the 50,000 foot level. So far all that has been done along the vertical lift and suspension theory is the autogyro, which, as many people don't know, cannot lift itself directly into the air. Equipped with helicopter screws, the airliners of as early as 1945 need not have wings, but being possessed of helicopters, may rise almost vertically into the air, or, and more practical and probable, the planes will have the conventional wings

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advanced by an American naval engineer which may lead us to predict that in the near future boats may be propelled by four rapidly revolving but comparatively small water wheels located on the hull somewhat in the manner of the wheels on an auto. This principle, tried out on small models, foretells of far greater acceleration powers for the boat, with equal increase in breakage, which is one thing that boats do need. It takes the U.S.S. Lexington 7 miles to stop and reverse when going full speed in the open sea. Also the quadruple water wheel makes a boat far more stable, eliminating the possibility of a boat turning sideways in a heavy gale and loosing steerage, which is often disastrous, and it also eliminates the need of the bulky gyroscopic equipment with which many boats keep steady in heavy seas. With a little boosting this new method may revolutionize the water wheel of the near future, and this is a shadow of things to come. From wheel to screw and back to wheel. In the field of aviation, while designers are striving for "bigger and better wrecks," the field of Heliocoptogrophy, coined phrase denoting the science of helicopter lifting and flying, has been almost completely neglected. Instead of the huge stratoships which we are all sick of reading about, we have lots more practical solutions to worry about before we climb to the 50,000 foot level. So far all that has been done along the vertical lift and suspension theory is the autogyro, which, as many people don't know, cannot lift itself directly into the air. Equipped with helicopter screws, the airliners of as early as 1945 need not have wings, but being possessed of helicopters, may rise almost vertically into the air, or, and more practical and probable, the planes will have the conventional wings