Great facts : a popular history and description of the most remarkable inventions during the present century (1860)
Bakewell, Frederick C. (Frederick Collier), 1800-1869 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 40
d to the obliqueaction of the blades. The results of the working of that experimentalship were so satisfactory, that other ships were soonbuilt, with modifications of the form of the propeller.It was found disadvantageous to have an entire con-volution of the thread of the screw ; for one part of… … reduced to two oblique blades. Experiments on a largescale were conducted by Captain Carpenter, to deter-mine the size and angle of inclination best adapted for STEAM NAVIGATION. 25 the purpose of propulsion; and nearly all the shipsnow built for the Eoyal Navy are fitted with propel-lers on his…
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