THE screw-propeller was practically applied to steamships by John Ericsson and Francis Petit Smith about seventy years ago. It speedily became formidable rival to the paddle-wheel. Long ago it ...

and credit is given to ERICSSON for his connection with the introduction of the screw. (See BOURNE on Screw-Propellers, and British Encyclopedia, vol. 29) The assertion that the [???] monitor is ...

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The S.S. Archimedes (1838) was fitted with a double-threaded screw of half a turn, in accordance with Smith's amended patent. Other historical exhibits include models of Ericsson's experimental ...