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P ADDLE WHEELS AND PROPELLERS
Rim
DESIGN FOR A STEAMBOAT Connecting rod Truss
WITH PADDLE WHEELS Paddle float
Safety Funnel
valve
Tiller Boiler Drive to air pump
Air pump
Flat bottom
with no keel Shallow, Paddle shaft
carvel-built hull Bell crank (triangle) Flywheel Hub
PADDLE WHEEL WITH TYPES OF PROPELLER
FEATHERED FLOATS
Crank for
air pipe
Outer rim
Cylinder
Disengaging cover Drag link
catch FROUDE’S EARLY TEST
Gland Crankshaft Spoke PROPELLER
Inner rim
Paddle shaft
TUG PROPELLER
Hub
Paddle wheel box
Main steam Feathered float
supply pipe
Eccentric rod THREE-BLADED
(drive for pump) PROPELLER
Pump piston
Feed bilge pump
Guardrail Shroud ring
Exhaust
Air pump PROPULSION SYSTEM OF A
19TH CENTURY SHROUD RING
Kelson PADDLESTEAMER PROPELLER
(keelson)
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