On Naval Warfare with SteamJ. Murray, 1858 - 155 Seiten |
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... blade or feather of a screw . If all these perpendiculars are of equal length , their outer extremities will form the periphery of the helix : the dis- tance between two points on this periphery , measured parallel to the axis of the ...
... blade or feather of a screw . If all these perpendiculars are of equal length , their outer extremities will form the periphery of the helix : the dis- tance between two points on this periphery , measured parallel to the axis of the ...
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... blade recedes aftward , and therefore the reaction of the water is that only which is due to the difference between the velocity of rotation in the paddle or screw and that of the water's recession . It should be observed that the ...
... blade recedes aftward , and therefore the reaction of the water is that only which is due to the difference between the velocity of rotation in the paddle or screw and that of the water's recession . It should be observed that the ...
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... blade is that which is near the periphery of the spiral , and the action of any part on the water becomes less as the part is nearer the axis or spindle . Science has , however , as yet done little in investigating the propelling ...
... blade is that which is near the periphery of the spiral , and the action of any part on the water becomes less as the part is nearer the axis or spindle . Science has , however , as yet done little in investigating the propelling ...
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... blade makes one complete turn only in the length , to be divided by planes all perpendicular to the axis of the screw , and at small intervals from one anòther , so that the surface of the screw is divided into a great number of ...
... blade makes one complete turn only in the length , to be divided by planes all perpendicular to the axis of the screw , and at small intervals from one anòther , so that the surface of the screw is divided into a great number of ...
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... blades , composing the present screw , have generally what is called a uniform pitch ; that is , they constitute two equal and similar figures , one on each side of a plane perpendicular to the axle and bisecting the length or pitch of ...
... blades , composing the present screw , have generally what is called a uniform pitch ; that is , they constitute two equal and similar figures , one on each side of a plane perpendicular to the axle and bisecting the length or pitch of ...
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