The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 357
Fig. 6. of a cone, the apex of which is foremost, or next to the stern of theboat. Fig. 4 shows an end view of the propeller, and shaft in sec-tion. Fig. 5 shows an end view of a similar propeller, but havingthree floats or vanes in place of two. Fig. 6 is a side view of a pro-Fig, c. … peller, the floats or vanes of which are of the form of a parabolic curve,A, being the stern of the boat with a portion of the dead wood re-moved for the reception of the propeller, which will be clearly under-stood. The inventor claims the attaching blades or propellers to ships attangents…
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