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Definition of Propellers
1. propeller [n] - See also: propeller
Lexicographical Neighbors of Propellers
Literary usage of Propellers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1858)
"Iron, with paddle-wheels, 360 ; witli screw-propellers, 473 ; total of iron, 829.
From the Navy List, we learn that there are at present, in the Royal Navy, ..."
2. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1915)
"59073 A. propellers propellers A Contribution to the Theory of Propulsion and
... 64834 B. Contribution to the Calculation of propellers (Bin Beitrag zur ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"The first series of experiments were made with air-propellers 14 in. diameter
... The second series were made with the same propellers, but having a curved ..."
4. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1909)
"Single propellers, being necessarily placed at or near the center of the head
and other forward resistances to the progress of an aeroplane, ..."
5. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1910)
"Single propellers, being necessarily placed at or near the center of the head
and other forward resistances to the progress of an aeroplane, ..."
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