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• Screw propeller computer, by Geo. R. McDermott ... (Ithaca, N.Y., Taylor & Carpenter, 1903), by George Robert McDermott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations on the best means of propelling ships. (New York, C. S. Francis: Boston, J. H. Francis, 1841), by Alexander S. Byrne and YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) DLC (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on the screw propeller, screw vessels and screw engines, as adapted for purposes of peace and war ... (London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1867), by John Bourne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effect of the lift coefficient on propeller flutter / (Langley Field, VA : Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, 1945), by Theodore Theodorsen, Arthur A. Regier, United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and Langley Aeronautical Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• The screw propeller: and other competing instruments for marine propulsion. (London, C. Griffin & Company, Limited; Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1909), by A. E. Seaton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The screw-fleet of the navy. (London : Simpkin, Marshall, & co. [etc.], 1850), by Edward Pellew Halsted (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on screw propulsion: its rise and progress. (New York, D. Van Nostrand ; [etc., etc.], 1861), by William McCreary Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The screw propeller; an investigation of its geometrical and physical properties, and its application to the propulsion of vessels. (London : Whittaker and Co., 1851), by Robert Rawson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Screw propellers and estimation of power for propulsion of ships. Also air-ship propellers, (New York, John Wiley & sons., inc.; [etc., etc.], 1918), by Charles Wilson Dyson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bibliography for the study of propeller-induced vibration in hull structural elements / (Washington : Ship Structure Committee : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 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)
• The screw propeller: who invented it? With illustrations / (Glasgow : Thomas Murray, 1860), by Robert Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The geometry of the screw propeller / (London : Blackie and Son, Ltd., [1920]), by William John Goudie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hydraulic turbines, hydraulic forging and extrusion presses, and ship-driving propellers : production, maintenance, office and clerical workers of the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp., Industrial Equipment Division plant, Eddystone, Pa. : report to the President on investigation no. TEA-W-131 under section 301(c)(2) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Tariff Commission, [1972]), by United States Tariff Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Longitudinal aerodynamic characteristics of a flapped tilt-wing four-propeller v/stol transport model by Kenneth W. Goodson. (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1966), by Kenneth W. Goodson, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• A study of NACA and NASA published information of pertinence in the design of light aircraft. (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information [distributor], 1970), by Clifford J. Moore, Dennis M. Phillips, Langley Research Center, and North Carolina State University. Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (page images at HathiTrust)
• Unsteady propeller forces, fundamental hydrodynamics, unconventional propulsion; seventh symposium, naval hydrodynamics. (Arlington, Va. : 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)
• Instructions for the operation and maintenance of propellers : reprint of chapter 11 of the Manual of engineering instructions / (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1940), by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ships (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions for the operation and maintenance of propellers ... (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1942), by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ships (page images at HathiTrust)
• Screw propeller computer / (Ithica, N.Y. : Taylor & Carpenter, 1902), by George Robert McDermott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Papers and discussions on screw propulsion. Reprinted from Transactions of the Institution of naval architects. (Washington, Govt. print. off., 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
• On technological education and the construction of ships and screw propellers, for naval and marine engineers. (Philadelphia : H.C. Baird, 1866), by John W. Nystrom (page images at HathiTrust)
• Neue theorie und berechnung der kreiselräder; : wasser-und dampfturbinen, schleuderpumpen und-gebläse, turbokompressoren, schrauben- gebläse und schiffspropeller. (München : Oldenbourg, 1911), by Hans Lorenz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der schraubenpropeller ; eine darstellung seiner entwickelung nach dem inhalt der deutschen, amerikanischen und englischen patentliteratur. (Berlin : J. Springer, 1918), by Richard Geissler (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Traité de l'hélice propulsive, publié sous les auspices de ... (Paris, A. Bertrand, 1855), by Edmond Pâris and John Bourne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The progressive screw as a propeller in navigation. (London, J. Weale, 1860), by Julian John Révy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The first steam screw propeller boats to navigate the waters of any country. ([New York, Engineering Press, 1893]), by Francis B. Stevens (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stone's bronzes ... ([London, Printed by Pearson, Son & Hurran, 1900]), by J. Stone & Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Acoustic radiation of a cylindrical bar and an infinite plate excited by the field of a ship propeller, ([Hoboken, N.J., Stevens Institute of Technology, Davidson Laboratory, 1963]), by Stavros Tsakonas, W. R. Jacobs, Zhengyou Chen, and Davidson Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations on the best means of propelling ships. (New York, C.S. Francis; Boston, J.H. Francis, 1841), by Alexander S. Byrne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Screw propellers and marine propulsion. (New York, J. Wiley & sons, 1895), by I. McKim Chase (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les machines à vapeur marines et les propulseurs à l'exposition universele de 1867. Rapports adressés à son excellence M. le Ministre de la marine, (Paris, A. Bertrand, [1868]), by Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Static stresses on wide-bladed propellers / (Washington, D.C. : Department of the Navy, Naval Ship Research and Development Center, [1970]), by J. H. McCarthy and J. S. Brock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Large-scale wind-tunnel tests of an airplane model with four propellers and rotating cylinder flaps / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; [For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Virginia 22151], 1970), by James A. Weiberg, Stanley O. Dickinson, Ames Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Hamburg model basin : numerical and experimental investigations on the dependence of the fluctuations of thrust and torque on the blade area ratio of four-blade ship-propellers / (Washington : Office of Naval Research U.S. Dept. of the Navy, 1961), by Joachim K. Krohn (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Design procedure for minimizing propeller-induced vibration in hull structural elements. ([Washington, D.C.] : Ship Structure Committee ; Springfield, Va. : National Technical Information Service [distributor], 1979), by Southwest Research Institute and United States. Ship Structure Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on the screw propeller, with various suggestions of improvement. (London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852), by John Bourne (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'hélice propulsive, théorie et pratique, (Paris, A. Challamel, 1907), by Émile Brosser (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Evaluation of the Langley 4- by 7-meter tunnel for propeller noise measurements / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1984), by P. J. W. Block, Garl L. Gentry, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Optimization and performance calculation of dual-rotation propellers / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service], 1981), by Robert E. Davidson and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nonlinear actuator disk theory and flow field calculations, including nonuniform loading / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information [distributor], 1970), by Michael D. Greenberg, Stephen R. Powers, Langley Research Center, and Inc Sage Action (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theoretical prediction of nonlinear propagation effects on noise signatures generated by subconic or supersonic propeller - or rotor-blade tips / (Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ; [Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1980), by Raymond L. Barger, Langley Research Center, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• An investigation to determine conditions under which downwash from VTOL aircraft will start surface erosion from various types of terrain / (Washington, [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1959), by Richard E. Kuhn and Langley Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wind-tunnel tests of a semispan wing with a fan rotating in the plane of the wing / (Washington, [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1959), by David H. Hickey, David R. Ellis, and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• A combined water-bromotrifluoromethane crash-fire protection system for a T-56 turbopropeller engine / (Washington, [D.C.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1959), by John A. Campbell, Arthur M. Busch, and Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ship form, resistance and screw propulsion, (London : Constable & Co., 1915), by George Stephen Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Propellers, (New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.], 1912), by Cecil H. Peabody (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Marine propellers / (London : E. & F.N. Spon, 1921), by Sidney Walker Barnaby (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on the screw propeller, with various suggestions of improvement. (London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855), by John Bourne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Steam turbine design, with especial reference to the reaction type, including chapters on condensers and propeller design. (London, E. Arnold, 1911), by John Morrow (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Marine propellers, (London, E.&F.N. Spon, ltd.; New York, Spon & Chamberlain, 1900), by Sydney Walker Barnaby (page images at HathiTrust)
• Marine propellers / (London; New York : E. & F.N. Spon, 1887), by Sidney Walker Barnaby (page images at HathiTrust)
• Marine propellers / (London ; New York : E. & F.N. Spon, 1885), by Sydney W. Barnaby (page images at HathiTrust)
• A practical treatise on modern screw-propulsion. (London, Clowes; New York, E. and F.N. Spon, 1881), by N. P. Burgh (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Resistance and the proportions of screw propellers / (London : E. & F.N. Spon, 1883), by W. Bury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Marine propellers / (London ; New York : E. & F.N. Spon, 1891), by Sydney W. Barnaby (page images at HathiTrust)
• A contrarotating propeller design for a high speed patrol boat with pod propulsion / (Bethesda, Maryland : Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 1995), by Benjamin Y.-H. Chen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental spindle torque and open-water performance of two skewed controllable-pitch propellers / (Bethesda, Md. : David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Ship Performance Dept., 1975), by Robert J. Boswell, R. D. Kader, John J. Nelka, and David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Further measurements of model propeller pressure distributions using a novel technique / (Bethesda, Maryland : David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, [1986]), by Stuart D. Jessup (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A practical treatise on modern screw-propulsion. Illustrated with fifty-two plates, and one hundred and three woodcuts. (London, E. and F.N. Spon, 1869), by N. P. Burgh (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'hélice propulsive; étude théorique et expérimentale du propulseur marin; applications pratiques, (Paris, Dunod, 1923), by Pierre Lorain (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Practical methods for predicting periodic propeller loads / (Bethesda, Md. : 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)
• Der schraubenpropeller (schiffsschraube) konstrukton und berechnung desselben. (Berlin, M. Krayn, 1906), by Conrad Dreihardt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A procedure for design of ducts to reduce propeller cavitation and vibrations : final report / (Washington, D.C. : Maritime Administration, 1984), by Ruigong Chen, Steve Tsakonas, United States Maritime Administration, and Stevens Institute of Technology. Dept. of Ocean Engineering (page images at HathiTrust)
• Screw propellers and estimation of power for propulsion of ships / (New York : John Wiley & sons, inc.; [etc., etc.], 1913), by Charles Wilson Dyson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Théorie générale de l'hélice; hélice aériennes et hélices marines, (Paris, Gauthier-Villars et cie, 1920), by S. Drzewiecki (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Technical requirements for high powered single screw propulsion of merchant ships / (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Maritime Administration, 1979), by United States. Maritime Administration. Office of Commercial Development and inc Hydronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Étude sur les hélices propulsives, (Paris, H. Dunod et E. Pinat, 1910), by Ernest Prayon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Integrated ducted propulsor concept / (Bethesda, MD : David Taylor Research Center, [1991]), by Ben Y.-H. Chen (page images at HathiTrust)
• De la vis et autres propelleurs pour les bàtiments à vapeur; (Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1842), by Léon Du Parc (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die schiffsschraube und ihre wirkung auf das wasser... / (M=unchen Berlin : R. Oldenbourg, 1909), by O. Flamm (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 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. (London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern American marine engines, boilers and screw propellers: their design and construction, showing the present practice of the most eminent engineers and marine engine builders in the United States ... (Philadelphia, H. C. Baird & co., 1881), by Emory Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Screw propellers and estimation of power for propulsion of ships, also airship propellers, (New York, N.Y., Chicago [etc.] Simmons-Boardman publishing company, [c1924]), by Charles Wilson Dyson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ship form, resistance and screw propulsion, (London, Constable & co., 1920), by George Stephen Baker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A postswirl propulsor for a small vehicle / (Bethesda, Maryland : Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 1995), by Benjamin Y.-H. Chen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lois mathématiques de la résistance des fluides. Théorie de l'hélice, (Paris, O. Doin, 1921), by Henri Louis Émile Willotte (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Induced field-point pressures of a ducted propeller system / (Bethesda, Md. : Naval Ship Research and Development Center, 1974), by John J. Nelka (page images at HathiTrust)
• Causes and corrections for propeller-excited airborne noise on a naval auxiliary oiler / (Bethesda, Md. : David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, [1983]), by Michael B. Wilson and David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Théorie des hélices propulsives marines et aériennes et des avions en vol rectiligne, (Paris, Gauthier-Villars et cie, 1920), by Auguste Rateau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Detail design of marine screw propellers, (London, New York [etc.] Sir, I. Pitman & sons ltd., 1920), by Douglas H. Jackson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Theory of propellers, (Providence, R.I., [1942]), by Hans Reissner and Brown University. Graduate School (page images at HathiTrust)
• Researches on the performance of the screw propeller, (Washington, D. C. : Carnegie institution of Washington, 1907), by William Frederick Durand (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Calcul du travail des hélices et carènes, recherche de principes et formules, (Paris [etc.] Librairie polytechnique C. Béranger, 1898), by Albert Charles Joseph Duroy de Bruignac (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• On modern screw propellers, (New York, London, The Rudder Pub. Co., 1905), by Austin Everett Potter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Analytical study to determine the improtant performance parmeters of vertical lift shrouded propellers /, by originator United Aircraft Corporation. Hamilton Standard Division, United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command. sponsor, and Wright Air Development Center issuing body (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on screw propellers and their steam-engines, with practical rules and examples how to calculate and construct the same ... accompanied with A treatise on bodies in motion in fluid ... also, a full description of a calculating machine. (Philadelphia : H.C. Baird, 1852), by John W. Nystrom (page images at HathiTrust)
• A lecture on the late improvements in steam navigation and the arts of naval warfare, with a brief notice of Ericsson's caloric engine: delivered before the Boston lyceum, (New York, London : Wiley and Putnam, 1844), by John Osborne Sargent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of a board of United States naval engineers on the Mallory steering and propelling screw, as applied to the United States torpedo boat Alarm, and on the experiments with it in that vessel, made to the Bureau of Steam-Engineering, Navy Department, January 31, 1882. (Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1882), by United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Engineering (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of a three-blade propeller in combination with two different spinners and an NACA D-type cowl at mach numbers up to 0.80 / (Washington, D.C. : National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, [1954]), by George C. Kenyon, Robert M. Reynolds, United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. NACA research memorandum, and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Théorie géométrique et mécanique de l'hélice-turbine. Expériences sur la résistance de l'air. (Paris, Librairie aéronautique, 1910), by Louis Marie Le Dantec (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Adequacy of submerged rock weirs to withstand propeller wash, St. Clair River, Michigan : hydraulic model investigation / (Vicksburg, Miss. : Waterways Experiment Station, 1966), by John L. Grace (page images at HathiTrust)
• Who invented the screw propeller? Were the patented propellers of Francis Pettit Smith ... in every respect direct plagiarisms? Being a statement of facts ... (London Glasgow, R. Griffin and company, 1858), by James Nicol (page images at HathiTrust)

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