Excerpt from On Technological Education and the Construction of Ships and Screw Propellers, for Naval and Marine Engineers A second edition of this work has been called for, and as Congress has taken no action on the subject, the author avails himself of the opportunity to add further arguments in favor of technological education. The topic cannot be too much discussed, and certainly merits the serious consideration of every good citizen. There are many engineers in the Navy who would be equally disposed, to agitate this subject and assist in the reorganization and improvement of the corps, but their position restrains them, and they cannot expose themselves to the ungrateful task, which is unavoidable in the elucidation of the existing system. The lot seems to have fallen on the author to take the bull by the horns, and he fearlessly courts an open contest, if such can only be had, with the organized prejudices which now embarrass the subject. If in fault, he is open for correction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Albert Edward Seaton describes and discusses different methods and instruments for marine propulsion. The focus is on the screw propeller. Seaton gives an account of its history, leading features, forms and the materials used for it. In addition, he presents several screw propeller trials and experiments of the late 19th and early 20th century.Reprint of the original edition from 1909.

The early development of the screw propeller. Propeller geometry. The propeller environment. The ship wake field, propeller performance characteristics.

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