Table of Contents
102 relations: Admiralty (United Kingdom), Aerodynamics, Aircraft, Airfoil, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Alfred George Greenhill, Archimedes, Archimedes' screw, Atlantic Ocean, Baffin Bay, Bamboo-copter, Barge, Bernoulli's principle, Blackwall, London, Boat, Builder's Old Measurement, Bushing (isolator), Camber (aerodynamics), Cavitation, Danish language, David Bushnell, Deep River, Connecticut, Dover, Drive shaft, Edward Shorter, Egyptians, European Union, Feeler gauge, Flotsam, jetsam, lagan and derelict, Folding propeller, Folkestone, Francis Pettit Smith, Franklin's lost expedition, Friction, Grand Junction Canal, Helicoid, Hendon, Henry Wimshurst, Hydrofoil, Hydroplane (boat), Hythe, Kent, Ingeniøren, Interference fit, Irrigation, Isaac Doolittle, Isaac Newton, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, James Watt, John Ericsson, John Patch, ... Expand index (52 more) »
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Admiralty (United Kingdom)
The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State.
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Aerodynamics
Aerodynamics (ἀήρ aero (air) + δυναμική (dynamics)) is the study of the motion of air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing.
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Aircraft
An aircraft (aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.
Airfoil
An airfoil (American English) or aerofoil (British English) is a streamlined body that is capable of generating significantly more lift than drag.
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Alberto Santos-Dumont, self-stylised as Alberto Santos.
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Alfred George Greenhill
Sir Alfred George Greenhill (29 November 1847 in London – 10 February 1927 in London), was a British mathematician.
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Archimedes
Archimedes of Syracuse was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily.
Archimedes' screw
The Archimedes' screw, also known as the Archimedean screw, hydrodynamic screw, water screw or Egyptian screw, is one of the earliest hydraulic machines named after Greek mathematician Archimedes who first described it around 234 BC, although the device had been used in Ancient Egypt.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.
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Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: Saknirutiak Imanga; Avannaata Imaa; Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean.
Bamboo-copter
The bamboo-copter, also known as the bamboo dragonfly or Chinese top (Chinese zhuqingting (竹蜻蜓), Japanese taketonbo 竹蜻蛉), is a toy helicopter rotor that flies up when its shaft is rapidly spun.
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Barge
Barge often refers to a flat-bottomed inland waterway vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion.
Bernoulli's principle
Bernoulli's principle is a key concept in fluid dynamics that relates pressure, speed and height.
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Blackwall, London
Blackwall is an area of Poplar, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.
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Boat
A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size or capacity, its shape, or its ability to carry boats.
Builder's Old Measurement
Builder's Old Measurement (BOM, bm, OM, and o.m.) is the method used in England from approximately 1650 to 1849 for calculating the cargo capacity of a ship.
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Bushing (isolator)
A bushing or rubber bushing is a type of vibration isolator.
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Camber (aerodynamics)
In aeronautics and aeronautical engineering, camber is the asymmetry between the two acting surfaces of an airfoil, with the top surface of a wing (or correspondingly the front surface of a propeller blade) commonly being more convex (positive camber).
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Cavitation
Cavitation in fluid mechanics and engineering normally refers to the phenomenon in which the static pressure of a liquid reduces to below the liquid's vapour pressure, leading to the formation of small vapor-filled cavities in the liquid.
Danish language
Danish (dansk, dansk sprog) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about six million people, principally in and around Denmark.
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David Bushnell
David Bushnell (August 30, 1740 – 1824 or 1826), of Westbrook, Connecticut, was an American inventor, a patriot, a teacher, and a medical doctor.
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Deep River, Connecticut
Deep River is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
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Dover
Dover is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England.
Drive shaft
A drive shaft, driveshaft, driving shaft, tailshaft (Australian English), propeller shaft (prop shaft), or Cardan shaft (after Girolamo Cardano) is a component for transmitting mechanical power, torque, and rotation, usually used to connect other components of a drivetrain that cannot be connected directly because of distance or the need to allow for relative movement between them.
Edward Shorter
Edward Shorter (1767-1836) was an English engineer and inventor of several useful inventions including an early screw propeller.
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Egyptians
Egyptians (translit,; translit,; remenkhēmi) are an ethnic group native to the Nile Valley in Egypt.
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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Feeler gauge
A feeler gauge is a tool used to measure gap widths.
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Flotsam, jetsam, lagan and derelict
In maritime law, flotsam, jetsam, lagan, and derelict are specific kinds of shipwreck.
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Folding propeller
A folding propeller is a type of propeller whose blades automatically fold out when the engine is turning, and then fold back (or "feather") when the engine stops. Propeller and folding propeller are propellers.
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Folkestone
Folkestone is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England.
Francis Pettit Smith
Sir Francis Pettit Smith (9 February 1808 – 12 February 1874) was an English inventor and, along with John Ericsson, one of the inventors of the screw propeller.
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Franklin's lost expedition
Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, and, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether a better understanding could aid navigation.
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Friction
Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other.
Grand Junction Canal
The Grand Junction Canal is a canal in England from Braunston in Northamptonshire to the River Thames at Brentford, with a number of branches.
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Helicoid
The helicoid, also known as helical surface, is a smooth surface embedded in three-dimensional space.
Hendon
Hendon is an urban area in the London Borough of Barnet, northwest London northwest of Charing Cross.
Henry Wimshurst
Henry Wimshurst (1804–1884), Nature, No.
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Hydrofoil
A hydrofoil is a lifting surface, or foil, that operates in water.
Hydroplane (boat)
A hydroplane (or hydro, or thunderboat) is a fast motorboat, where the hull shape is such that at speed, the weight of the boat is supported by planing forces, rather than simple buoyancy.
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Hythe, Kent
Hythe is a market town and civil parish on the edge of Romney Marsh, in the district of Folkestone and Hythe in Kent, England.
Ingeniøren
Ingeniøren (full name: Nyhedsmagasinet Ingeniøren, literally The News Magazine "The Engineer") is a Danish weekly newspaper specialising in engineering topics.
Interference fit
An interference fit, also known as a pressed fit or friction fit, is a form of fastening between two tightfitting mating parts that produces a joint which is held together by friction after the parts are pushed together.
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Irrigation
Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns.
Isaac Doolittle
Isaac Doolittle (August 3, 1721 – February 13, 1800) was an early American clockmaker, inventor, engineer, manufacturer, militia officer, entrepreneur, printer, politician, and brass, iron, and silver artisan.
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Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", "one of the 19th-century engineering giants", and "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions".
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James Watt
James Watt (30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.
John Ericsson
John Ericsson (born Johan Ericsson; July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish-American engineer and inventor.
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John Patch
John Patch (1781 – August 27, 1861) was a Nova Scotian fisherman who invented one of the first versions of the screw propeller.
Josef Ressel
Joseph Ludwig Franz Ressel (Josef Ludvík František Ressel; June 29, 1793 – October 9, 1857) was a Czech-German forester and inventor, who designed one of the first working ship's propellers.
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Launch (boat)
Launch is a name given to several different types of boat.
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Lift coefficient
In fluid dynamics, the lift coefficient is a dimensionless quantity that relates the lift generated by a lifting body to the fluid density around the body, the fluid velocity and an associated reference area.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Los Angeles-class submarine
The Los Angeles class of submarines are nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN) in service with the United States Navy.
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Mathematical model
A mathematical model is an abstract description of a concrete system using mathematical concepts and language.
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Modular propeller
Unlike a standard one-piece boat or aircraft propeller, a modular propeller is made up of using a number of replaceable parts, typically. Propeller and modular propeller are propellers.
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Momentum theory
In fluid dynamics, momentum theory or disk actuator theory is a theory describing a mathematical model of an ideal actuator disk, such as a propeller or helicopter rotor, by W.J.M. Rankine (1865), Alfred George Greenhill (1888) and Robert Edmund Froude (1889). Propeller and momentum theory are propellers.
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Motorsailer
A motorsailer is a type of motor-powered sailing vessel, typically a yacht, that can derive power from its sails or engine, independently from each other during moderate seas or winds.
Narrowboat
A narrowboat is a particular type of canal boat, built to fit the narrow locks of the United Kingdom.
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
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New York Harbor
New York Harbor is a bay that covers all of the Upper Bay and an extremely small portion of the Lower Bay.
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Paddle steamer
A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water.
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Ramsgate
Ramsgate is a seaside town and civil parish in the district of Thanet in east Kent, England.
River Thames
The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.
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Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke (18 July 16353 March 1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist and architect.
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Rotation
Rotation or rotational motion is the circular movement of an object around a central line, known as axis of rotation.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
Saint John, New Brunswick
Saint John is a seaport city located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.
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Santos-Dumont 14-bis
The 14-bis (Quatorze-bis; (Quatorze-bis), also known as Oiseau de proie ("bird of prey" in French), was a pioneer era, canard-style biplane designed and built by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont. In 1906, near Paris, the 14-bis made a manned powered flight that was the first to be publicly witnessed by a crowd and also filmed.
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Scientific American
Scientific American, informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA, is an American popular science magazine.
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Scimitar propeller
A scimitar propeller is a type of propeller that has curved blades with increasing sweep along the leading edge. Propeller and scimitar propeller are propellers.
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Shear pin
A shear pin is a mechanical detail designed to allow a specific outcome to occur once a predetermined force is applied.
Shear stress
Shear stress (often denoted by, Greek: tau) is the component of stress coplanar with a material cross section.
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Ship
A ship is a large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing.
Shock wave
In physics, a shock wave (also spelled shockwave), or shock, is a type of propagating disturbance that moves faster than the local speed of sound in the medium.
Single-blade propeller
A single-blade propeller may be used on aircraft to generate thrust. Propeller and single-blade propeller are propellers.
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Spline (mechanical)
A spline is a ridge or tooth on a drive shaft that matches with a groove in a mating piece and transfers torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between them.
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Squat effect
The squat effect is the hydrodynamic phenomenon by which a vessel moving through shallow water creates an area of reduced pressure that causes the ship to increase its draft and thereby be closer to the seabed than would otherwise be expected.
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Stealth technology
Stealth technology, also termed low observable technology (LO technology), is a sub-discipline of military tactics and passive and active electronic countermeasures, which covers a range of methods used to make personnel, aircraft, ships, submarines, missiles, satellites, and ground vehicles less visible (ideally invisible) to radar, infrared, sonar and other detection methods.
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Stern sculling
Stern sculling is the use of a single oar over the stern of a boat to propel it with side-to-side motions that create forward lift in the water.
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Surveyor of the Navy
The Surveyor of the Navy also known as Department of the Surveyor of the Navy and originally known as Surveyor and Rigger of the Navy was a former principal commissioner and member of both the Navy Board from the inauguration of that body in 1546 until its abolition in 1832 and then a member Board of Admiralty from 1848 to 1859.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
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Thrust
Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Newton's third law.
Toroid
In mathematics, a toroid is a surface of revolution with a hole in the middle.
Torque
In physics and mechanics, torque is the rotational analogue of linear force.
Trailing edge
The trailing edge of an aerodynamic surface such as a wing is its rear edge, where the airflow separated by the leading edge meets.
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Tug of war
Tug of war (also known as tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport that pits two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team's pull.
Turbofan
A turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion.
Turbojet
The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft.
Type 212A submarine
The Type 212A is a class of diesel-electric submarine developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG (HDW) for the German Navy (German: U-Boot-Klasse 212 A), and the Italian Navy where it is known as the Todaro class.
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Vapor pressure
Vapor pressure or equilibrium vapor pressure is the pressure exerted by a vapor in thermodynamic equilibrium with its condensed phases (solid or liquid) at a given temperature in a closed system.
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Variable-pitch propeller (marine)
In marine propulsion, a variable-pitch propeller is a type of propeller with blades that can be rotated around their long axis to change the blade pitch. Propeller and variable-pitch propeller (marine) are propellers and watercraft components.
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Voith Schneider Propeller
The Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP) is a specialized marine propulsion system (MPS) manufactured by the Voith Group based on a cyclorotor design. Propeller and Voith Schneider Propeller are propellers.
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William Rankine
William John Macquorn Rankine (5 July 1820 – 24 December 1872) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist.
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William Symonds
Sir William Symonds CB FRS (24 September 1782 – 30 March 1856, aboard the French steamship Nil, Strait of Bonifacio, Sardinia), page 345.
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Wind tunnel
Wind tunnels are machines in which objects are held stationary inside a tube, and air is blown around it to study the interaction between the object and the moving air.
Wingtip device
Wingtip devices are intended to improve the efficiency of fixed-wing aircraft by reducing drag.
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Wright brothers
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.
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Yacht
A yacht is a sail- or motor-propelled watercraft used for pleasure, cruising, or racing.
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Yarmouth is a town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada.
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See also
Propellers
- Aircraft propeller manufacturers
- Arplast Helice
- Blade element momentum theory
- Blade element theory
- Blade grinder
- Chopper (propeller)
- Coax-P
- Composite propeller
- Contra-rotating
- Contra-rotating propellers
- Counter-rotating propellers
- Cyclorotor
- Ducted propeller
- Folding propeller
- Forward Drive
- Ground-adjustable propeller
- Henrietta Vansittart
- Kitchen rudder
- Maneuvering thruster
- Modular propeller
- Momentum theory
- Pleuger rudder
- Propeller
- Propeller (aeronautics)
- Propeller speed reduction unit
- Propeller theory
- Propeller walk
- Scimitar propeller
- Single-blade propeller
- Spinner (aeronautics)
- Sterndrive
- Supercavitating propeller
- Toroidal propeller
- Underwater thruster
- V-Prop
- Variable-pitch propeller (aeronautics)
- Variable-pitch propeller (marine)
- Voith Schneider Propeller
References
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