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• Recherches sur la manière de suppléer a l'action du vent sur les grands vaisseaux : soit en y appliquant les rames, soit en y employant quelqu'autre moyen que ce puisse être : fondées sur une nouvelle théorie de l'économie, des forces et des effets (Bachelier, 1810), by Daniel Bernoulli, Mathon de la Cour (Jacques), Leonhard Euler, and Académie des Sciences (France) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Navigation improv'd: or, The art of rowing ships of all rates, in calms, with a more easy, swift, and steady motion, than oars can. Also, a description of the engine that performs it; and the author's answer to all Mr. Dummer's objections that have been made against it ... By Tho. Savery, gent. (London,: Printed and sold by James Moxon, at the Atlas in Warwick-lane, 1698), by Thomas Savery (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• The resistance and propulsion of ships (J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.], 1898), by William Frederick Durand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Resistance of ships and screw propulsion (Macmillan and co., 1893), by D. W. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hydraulics (Longmans, Green, and co., 1907), by S. Dunkerley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Turbine electric drive, basic principles. ([Govt. print. off.], 1945), by United States Navy Department Bureau of Ships (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nautical and hydraulic experiments, with numerous scientific miscellanies. (Printed at the private press of H. Beaufoy, 1834), by Mark Beaufoy and Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The resistance and propulsion of ships (J. Wiley, 1909), by William Frederick Durand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Resistance of ships and screw propulsion. (The Macmillan company, 1907), by D. W. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• The speed and power of ships : a manual of marine propulsion (Press of Ransdell, Incorporated, 1933), by D. W. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• The powering of ships. (Scott, Greenwood & son, 1921), by James Bertram Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• The speed and power of ships; a manual of marine propulsion. (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1943), by D. W. Taylor, David W. Taylor Model Basin, and United States. Maritime Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• The screw propeller: and other competing instruments for marine propulsion. (C. Griffin & Company, Limited;, 1909), by A. E. Seaton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wind Propulsion for ships of the American merchant marine (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Maritime Administration, Office of Maritime Technology :, 1981), by Wind Ship Development Corporation, Lloyd Bergeson, and United States. Office of Maritime Technology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le navire; sa propulsion en France et principalement chez les Normands (E. Dumont, 1924), by A. Anthiaume (page images at HathiTrust)
• Navigation improv'd: or, The art of rowing ships of all rates, in calms, with a more easy, swift, and steady motion, than oars can. Also, a description of the engine that performs it; and the author's answer to all Mr. Dummer's objections that have been made against it ... (Printed and sold by James Moxon, at the Atlas in Warwick-lane, 1698), by Thomas Savery and Dummer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der widerstand und antrieb von schiffen (M. Krayn, 1912), by Hans Heinrich Albrecht Rothe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The speed and power of ships; a manual of marine propulsion (J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.], 1910), by D. W. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die schiffsschraube und ihre wirkung auf das wasser... (R. Oldenbourg, 1909), by O. Flamm (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the introduction and progress of the screw propeller; with statistics of the comparative economy of screw ships and paddle vessels for Her Majesty's service, &c., &c. (Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Marine Diesel handbook (Diesel publications, inc., 1942), by Louis Randolph Ford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Further measurements of model propeller pressure distributions using a novel technique (David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, 1986), by Stuart D. Jessup (page images at HathiTrust)
• Une nouvelle pompe centrifuge pouvant produire un nouveau moyen de propulsion des bateaux par réaction hydraulique (Bernard, 1896), by E. Marchand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Engineering precedents for steam machinery: embracing the performances of steamships, experiments with propelling instruments, condensers, boilers, etc., accompanied by analyses of the same ... (H. Bailliére [etc.], 1859), by B. F. Isherwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The practical analysis of merchant ship trials and service performance (North east coast institution of engineers and shipbuilders; [etc., etc.], 1927), by E. V. Telfer and North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders (page images at HathiTrust)
• The influence of propeller revolutions upon the propulsive efficiency of merchant ships. (North east coast of engineers and shipbuilders; [etc., etc.], 1924), by Karl Schaffran and North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on the science of ship-building; with observations on the British Navy; the extraordinary decay of the men of war; and on the causes, effects, and prevention, of the dry rot; also, on the growth and management of timber trees; the whole, with a view to improve the construction and durability of ships. (J. Asperne, 1817), by Issac Blackburn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Machinist's mate 3 & 2. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1972), by United States. Naval Training Command (page images at HathiTrust)
• The construction and propulsion of steam vessels for war purposes and ocean navigation, considered in a letter to the Hon. John Y. Mason, secretary of the U.S. navy. (J. Hall, printer, 1847), by E. F. Aldrich and United States Navy Department (page images at HathiTrust)
• Application of super conducting electrical machinery to the propulsion systems of commercial vessels (National Maritime Research Center, 1974), by David C. Hicks and National Maritime Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Safety analysis study : nuclear propulsion system for large high-speed merchant ships (Westinghouse Electric Corp., 1968), by Westinghouse Electric Corporation and United States Maritime Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theoretical basis and programming technique (Naval Ship Research and Development Center, 1975), by Ruey Chen and Naval Ship Research and Development Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Pien wavemaking resistance computation program. Part 2, User's manual (Naval Ship Research and Development Center, 1975), by Ruey Chen and Naval Ship Research and Development Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practical methods for predicting periodic propeller loads (David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, 1983), by Robert J. Boswell, David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, and Japan; Seoul International Symposium on Practical Design in Shipbuilding (2nd : 1977 : Tokyo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Resistance of ships and screw propulsion. (The Macmillan and company, 1910), by D. W. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technical requirements for high powered single screw propulsion of merchant ships (U.S. Maritime Administration, 1979), by United States. Maritime Administration. Office of Commercial Development and inc Hydronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• The screw propeller: who invented it? With illustrations (Thomas Murray, 1860), by Robert Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on the design of propelling machinery for naval vessels (Lord Baltimore Press, 1902), by United States Naval Academy. Dept. of Marine Engineering and Naval Construction (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lecture on the turning powers of ships. (Govt. Print. Off., 1882), by W. H. White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ship design trend survey for the atomic energy commission maritime reactors branch (Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Technical Information Service Extension, 1957., 1957), by David L. Conklin, S. Reed Nixon, Jack J. Gordon, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Resistance and the proportions of screw propellers (E. & F.N. Spon, 1883), by W. Bury (page images at HathiTrust)
• The screw propeller; an investigation of its geometrical and physical properties, and its application to the propulsion of vessels. (Whittaker and Co., 1851), by Robert Rawson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Propelling machinery. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1944), by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ships (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions for the operation and maintenance of main propelling machinery (U.S. Govt. Print. Office :, 1943), by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ships (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplement to the series of letters patent and specifications of letters patent for inventions recorded in the Great seal Patent office, and granted between the 1st March (14 Jac. I.) A. D. 1617, and the 1st October (16 Vict.) A. D. 1852; consisting for the most part of reprints of scarce pamphlets, descriptive of the early patented inventions comprised in that series. (Printed by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, printers to the Queens's Most Excellent Majesty, 1858), by Great Britain. Patent Office, William Watson, Richard Mead, Alexandre Tolhausen, Samuel Sutton, Jonathan Hulls, John Allen, Thomas Savery, Edward Somerset Worcester, William Wheler, J. B. W., Dud Dudley, Nicholas Halse, Nicholas Page, Richard Wynne, John Rovenzon, Simon Sturtevant, and Bennet Woodcroft (page images at HathiTrust)
• Postswirl propulsors : a design method and an application (Bethesda, Maryland : Ship Hydromechanics Department, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, 1992., 1992), by Benjamin Y.-H. Chen and Naval Surface Warfare Center (U.S.). Carderock Division (page images at HathiTrust)

• Bibliography for the study of propeller-induced vibration in hull structural elements (Ship Structure Committee :, 1978), by O. H. Burnside, F. Everett Reed, Daniel D. Kana, United States Coast Guard, Littleton Research and Engineering Corporation, Southwest Research Institute, and United States. Ship Structure Committee (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ship propulsion and hydroelasticity. (Office of Naval Research, 1962), by D.C.) Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics (4th : 1962 : Washington, Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, and United States. Office of Naval Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings second Ship Control Systems Symposium (Naval Ship Research and Development Laboratory, 1969), by Md.) Ship Control Systems Symposium (2nd : 1969 : Annapolis and United States. Naval Ship Research and Development Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Unsteady propeller forces, fundamental hydrodynamics, unconventional propulsion; seventh symposium, naval hydrodynamics. (Office of Naval Research; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Washington, 1971), by Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics (7th : 1968 : Rome), Stanley W. Doroff, Ralph D. Cooper, Istituto nazionale per studi ed esperienze di architettura navale, Italy. Marina, and United States. Office of Naval Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fourth Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics : propulsion hydroelasticity : August 27-31, 1962, Washington, D.C. (Office of Naval Research, Dept. of the Navy :, 1964), by D.C.) Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics (4th : 1962 : Washington, Bennett L. Silverstein, Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, and United States. Office of Naval Research (page images at HathiTrust)

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