Papers and discussions on screw propulsion.
Subtitle: Reprinted from Transactions of the Institution of naval architects.
By: Bureau of navigation, Navy department.
Series: U. S. Bureau of navigation (Navy dept.) Naval professional papers,; no. 12
Publisher: Govt. print. off.
Published: 1883
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Propellers
Notes: At head of title: Navy scientific papers, no. 12.
Table of contents: title: On the comparative efficiency of single and twin-screw propellers in deep-draught ships, by W.H. White.; title: On the elementary relation between pitch, slip, and propulsive efficiency, by W. Froude.; title: On the use of steel for marine boilers, and some recent improvements in their construction, by W. Parker.; title: A few years' experience of the screw propeller: its lessons and results, by A.J. Maginnis.; title: The resistance given to screw ships by the action of the screw propeller, and how to remedy it, by R. Griffiths.; title: The steam trials of H. M. S. Iris, by J. Wright.; title: The minimum area of blade in a screw propeller necessary to form a complete column, by J. H. Cotterill.; title: Twin ship propulsion, by G. C. Mackrow.; title: The steam trials of H. M. S. Iris and the resistance of screw propellers, by M. J. A. Normand.; title: The peculiarities of behavior of steel plates supplied for the boilers of the imperial Russian yacht "Livadia", by W. Parker.; title: The influence of cut-off and length of connecting rod on the working of steam engines, by C. E. Stromeyer.; title: Notes on screw propulsion, by C. Hall.