NO. 19. VOL. XIII. THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, PUBLISHED WEEKLY … ing, as at present, all sustained as dead loss. A method for achieving this has been patented by Robert Griffiths, engineer, London, inven- tor of the screw propeller which bears his name, and consists in forming the lower part of the head of the vessel with a revolving cone, around which are wound…
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