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- ↑ US patent for gyroscopic ship roll damper (1908)
- ↑ Tristan Perez, Ship Motion Control, Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2005, ISBN 978-1-85233-959-3, p.123 ff
- ↑ Kreiselstabilisatoren in German Wikipedia entry on ship stabilisers
