Screw Propeller, Sectional Elevation
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“A propeller acting on the principle of the screw, attached to the exterior end of a shaft protruding through the hull of a vessel at the stern. It consists of a number of spiral metal blades either cast together in one piece or bolted to a hub. A. sectional elevation, the section being through shaft and hub, showing method of attaching blades h by bolts i.” —Whitney, 1889
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ship, cross-section, boat, blade, spiral, metal, hull, propeller, screw, shaft, exterior, propelGalleries
Miscellaneous Ship IllustrationsSource
William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5421
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