A manual of naval architecture for the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, yachtsmen, shipowners, and shipbuilders (1894)
White, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1845-1913 · London : J. Murray · leaf 636
s influence, the horse-power, revolutions, and meanspeed being ascertained for each set of runs. This process, repeatedfor each screw tried at a considerable number of speeds, enablesdiagrams to be constructed, showing the expenditures of powerswith each screw over the whole range of speed. Much… … presents results obtained by Mr. Yarrow in a torpedo-boat whichwas tried progressively, with no less than twenty-five differentscrews. The diagram shows two extreme cases. The curve AAArecords the ascertained performance of a two-bladed screw of 5 feet6 inches diameter, 4 feeV-e. inches pitch,…
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