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Their work is briefly described in a little pamphlet by F. J. Stringfellow, entitled A few Remarks on what has been done with screw-propelled Aero-plane Machines from 1809 to 1892.
From A History of Aeronautics by Evelyn Charles Vivian
It is specially adapted for screw-propelled steamships, and many other purposes.
From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Samuel Smiles
The Princeton was the first of the screw-propelled navy which has now entirely displaced the older type of steam-vessel.
From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Robert H. Thurston
It has been adopted for driving the shafts of screw-propelled steamships of the largest kind.
From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Samuel Smiles
