Thomas Shelton (aircraft constructor), the Glossary
Thomas Shelton was an American aircraft designer and inventor of the vortex ring gun, which he developed into vortex ring toys.[1]
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4 relations: Air vortex cannon, John H. Lienhard, University of Houston, Vortex ring gun.
- American aerospace designers
Air vortex cannon
An air vortex cannon is a toy that releases doughnut-shaped air vortices — similar to smoke rings but larger, stronger and invisible.
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John H. Lienhard
John Henry Lienhard IV (born August 17, 1930) is Professor Emeritus of mechanical engineering and history at The University of Houston.
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University of Houston
The University of Houston is a public research university in Houston, Texas.
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Vortex ring gun
The vortex ring gun is an experimental non-lethal weapon for crowd control that uses high-energy vortex rings of gas to knock down people or spray them with marking ink or other chemicals.
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See also
American aerospace designers
- Al Schwimmer
- Alfred V. Verville
- Ariel Ekblaw
- Don Mitchell (aircraft designer)
- Geraldine Holm Hoch
- Howard Hughes
- Isaac M. Laddon
- James Smith McDonnell
- Jim Cantrell
- John Carmack
- Sherman Fairchild
- Shih-Ying Lee
- Thomas Shelton (aircraft constructor)
- Yao-Tzu Li
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Shelton_(aircraft_constructor)