Installation at oiling jetty at El Segundo, Calif, based on 1907 patent of Philip Brasher for protecting objects from water waves by means of controlled flow of compressed air from submerged pipe line; modern system is improvement on Brasher patent in that it provides more efficient air lift using Humphrey pump.
Pneumatic breakwaters
Dock Harbour Authority
Dock and Harbour Authority ; 33 , n 379
1952
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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