as been obtained in the speed amounting to about a knotan hour. Such results will only ensue when the original screw has beenof inadequate dimension, so that the loss by slip has been large in amount,and the more the slip is reduced, the less will become the advantage ofany deviation from Smiths… … Fig. 26. STEAM NAVIGATION. ——♦— CHAPTER IY. 68. Effect of the screw-propeller reaction on the vessel.—69. Their bestpractical proportion.—70. Their varying pitch.—71. Relative advantagesof screw and paddle-wheels.—72. Their effects in long sea-voyages.—73. Experiments with the Battler and…
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