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Although conventional screw propellers are simpler and cheaper, pump-jet propulsors offer greater speed and agility, better efficiency at high speeds, and less noise.
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IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
Divers also found iron hull plates and a screw propeller, according to a social media post by D/V Tenacious.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2024
The vehicle has only one main propulsion motor, and uses a novel clutch system to engage either the front tractor propeller for flight in air, or the rear ship's screw propeller for underwater propulsion.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 July 2021
Assuming 20 typhoons occur near Japan annually, each typhoon generator ship with a large screw propeller could theoretically generate enough energy to power more than 30,000 average-sized American homes.
—Tim Hornyak, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2022
The first steamship with a screw propeller, the Archimedes, had been built in Britain in 1839.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
Others saw motorized, winged crafts with screw propellers.
—Greg Eghigian, Smithsonian, 2 Feb. 2018
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IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
Divers also found iron hull plates and a screw propeller, according to a social media post by D/V Tenacious.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2024
The vehicle has only one main propulsion motor, and uses a novel clutch system to engage either the front tractor propeller for flight in air, or the rear ship's screw propeller for underwater propulsion.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 July 2021
Assuming 20 typhoons occur near Japan annually, each typhoon generator ship with a large screw propeller could theoretically generate enough energy to power more than 30,000 average-sized American homes.
—Tim Hornyak, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2022
The first steamship with a screw propeller, the Archimedes, had been built in Britain in 1839.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
Others saw motorized, winged crafts with screw propellers.
—Greg Eghigian, Smithsonian, 2 Feb. 2018
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“Screw propeller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screw%20propeller. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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