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SCREW PROPELLER DESIGN IN THE 19TH CENTURY GREAT LAKES: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF RICHARD F. LOPER’S PHILADELPHIA WHEEL
… economically viable competitor to sail- and sidewheel-propelled commercial vessels in the United States' coastal and interior maritime industries. One of the earliest propeller designs to receive widespread acclaim belonged to Philadelphia merchant and inventor Richard Fanning Loper. His design …