Murray, Andrew, 1813-1872, Murray, Robert. Steam-ships, Creuze, Augustin Francis Bullock, 1800-1852 · Edinburgh : A. and C. Black · leaf 153
an arrange-ment in its construction (Hhich it shared with Maudslaysfeathering screw), by which the pitch or angle of the bladescould witli facility either be increased, diminished, or fea-thered during the voyage, to suit the varying exigencies Griffiths Description. of a steam-vessel at sea.… … Vie. S9. Grifnths Improved Patent Screw-propeller. practical success, and also that the advantages to be ob-tained by such an arrangement are far less than was sup-posed. The use of screws to feather at sea has, therefore,been very generally abandoned. It will be observed, byAdvan-looking at the…
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