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The pitch of a propeller is its degree of spirality, and is represented by the distance it would move forward if the water was a solid.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

Explains the origin of plants and animals on the principles of homoeopathy or by the law of spirality.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir