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An '''impeller engine''' was a primitive, reactionless [[engine]]. The impeller engine was invented by [[Professor]] [[Boyes-Dennison]] in the [[19th century]], although the [[Fifth Doctor]] noted that [[Human|humanity]] would only perfect the technology [[21st century|two centuries]] later. | An '''impeller engine''' was a primitive, reactionless [[engine]]. The impeller engine was invented by [[Professor]] [[Boyes-Dennison]] in the [[19th century]], although the [[Fifth Doctor]] noted that [[Human|humanity]] would only perfect the technology [[21st century|two centuries]] later. | ||
Unusually, an impeller engine propelled the [[spacecraft]] [[Lynx (spaceship)|''Lynx'']] and ''[[ | Unusually, an impeller engine propelled the [[spacecraft]] [[Lynx (spaceship)|''Lynx'']], ''[[Cygnus]],'' and ''[[Draco]]'', which took part in the [[British]] Imperial Fleet expedition to [[the Moon]] in [[1878]]. ([[PROSE]]: '' [[Imperial Moon (novel)|Imperial Moon]]'') | ||
[[Category:Technology]] | [[Category:Technology]] | ||
[[Category:Technology from the real world]] | [[Category:Technology from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Transport technology]] | [[Category:Transport technology]] | ||
