10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCREW-PROPELLED»
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screw-propelled in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
screw-propelled and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sources of the History of North Africa, Asia and Oceania in ...
Furthermore the following debit books: For the screw-propelled corvette 'Thor'.
1859. For the screw-propelled corvette 'Heimdal'. 1860-61. For the screw-
propelled corvette 'Dagmar', 1862-63. For the screw-propelled frigate 'Niels Juel'.
1865.
Danish National Archives,
1980
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Cruisers and Battle Cruisers: An Illustrated History of ...
On 3 April 1845, reinforcement for this conclusion was provided by a test
between the screw-propelled steamship Rattler and the paddle wheeler Alecto.
The two vessels were lashed together stern to stern and engaged in a tug of war.
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Destroyers: An Illustrated History of Their Impact
Despite the fact that one paddle wheel vessel was faster than Archimedes under
certain weather conditions, the naval officer in charge of the races attributed this
to the larger size and greater weight of the screw-propelled ship versus its ...
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Amazing & Extraordinary Facts Steam Age
The trials held at Dover in 1840 with Francis Petit Smith's experimental screw-
propelled ship SS Archimedes (see 'SS Archimedes') soon led to the building of
the Navy's first screw-propelled wooden warship, the sloop named HMS Rattler.
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Naval Warfare, 1815-1914
Denmark's wooden screw-propelled fleet included one ship of the line, four
frigates, three corvettes, and ten schooners, supplemented by eight paddle
steamers. The Danish navy further enhanced its superiority over the Prussian by
...
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Russia's Great Reforms, 1855-1881
The Naval Ministry did not launch its next screw-propelled warship, the frigate
Polkan, until 1853, and its first screw-propelled ships-of-the-line, Vyborg and Orel
, were not yet launched when war began.27 Thus, while England and France had
...
Ben Eklof, John Bushnell, Larisa Georgievna Zakharova,
1994
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The Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel: An Engineering ...
... the flood-gates of inventiveness were opened, so that by 1852 Bourne was
able to identify over 90 distinct patented ideas for ship propellers, 74 of these in
the years following the construction, in 1836, of Smith's screw-propelled
Archimedes.
38 I show construction of stern~post of a screw-propelled vessel. 8h. AFTER
DEADWOOD The after deadwood bears the same relation to sternpost that
forward deadwood does to stem. It is fitted on top of keel and against stern-post,
and is ...
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Journal of the Franklin Institute
But these circumstances will not by any means account for the fact, that '2050
H. P., economized by the screw, propelled the Himalaya at about the same speed
as 3016 H. P., transtnitted by paddles, propelled the fltrato. And the question ...
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Marine Propellers and Propulsion
Following this rebuff Ericsson left England for the USA and in 1843 designed the
US Navy's first screw-propelled vessel, the Princeton. It has been suggested that
by around this time the US merchant marine had some forty-one screwpropelled
...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCREW-PROPELLED»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
screw-propelled is used in the context of the following news items.
An Unforgettable Roar
The Scott was the first screw-propelled, oil-burning vessel in the west. However, by 1915, she had been converted to coal-burning. (Photo courtesy of Special ... «Richmond Daily News, Jul 15»
Canadian Turns Tractor into Screw-Propelled Mad Max Vehicle …
Wait, what's a screw-propelled vehicle again? Think of a heavy vehicle that instead of tracks is using two big screws to advance from point A to point B. Whether ... «autoevolution, Jun 15»
One of the most beautiful boats in Australia, previously owned by …
She was designed by the English-born naval architect Walter Reeks, who, in the late 19th Century, pioneered the double-ended, screw-propelled ferryboat ... «Business Insider Australia, May 15»
Propul~Surf screw-propelled snowboard rips uphill
Snowboarders endure a lot of issues when compared to their skiing counterparts – these include twisting and contorting their ankles to fit on footrests designed ... «Gizmag, Apr 13»