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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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