Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 165
STEAM NA VIGA TION. 131 … Fig. 59.—Casting Cylinder of a Alarine Steam Engine. mechanism that they are always in a nearly vertical position when passingthrough the water. Paddle-wheels constructed in this manner are termedfeathering wheels. They do not appear, however, to possess any greatadvantage over those of the…
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