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When the wobbling movement of a floating body is connected to a rack of gears, this rack of gears will move up and down. Resulting reciprocal movement could be taken up by a pinion to generate oscillatory movement on a shaft. Such oscillatory movement is turned to unidirectional motion using this new device.

Leelananda

If a ship was in the Southern Ocean, could it use this technology to save on fuel? If so, how fast could the ship go, how big would the device be and what would it cost? Would it work on a calm day?

Thanks, I appreciate any feedback!

gabrielle