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SCREW PROPELLER DESIGN IN THE 19TH CENTURY GREAT LAKES: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF RICHARD F. LOPER’S PHILADELPHIA WHEEL
… belonged to Philadelphia merchant and inventor Richard Fanning Loper. His design quickly gained popularity in the Great Lakes region, where the logistical and economic concerns present in the United States' East Coast commercial shipping industry did not hinder early interest and adoption of …