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SCREW PROPELLER DESIGN IN THE 19TH CENTURY GREAT LAKES: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF RICHARD F. LOPER’S PHILADELPHIA WHEEL
Robbins, Montana Darby (East Carolina University, 2022-04-21)Over the course of the mid- to late-1800s, screw propulsion emerged as an economically viable competitor to sail- and sidewheel-propelled commercial vessels in the United States' coastal and interior maritime industries. ...