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Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 by Various
page 49 of 163 (30%)

TABLE IV.

_Particulars of Propellers and Constants._

------------------------------+-------+---------+----------+--------------
| Length| | Proj. | Feet per
Ship. | of | Disk | surf. | minute.
| ship. |constant.| constant.|Speed of tips.
------------------------------+-------+---------+----------+--------------
City of Rome. | 542 | 220 | 69 | 4,715
Normandie | 459 | 250 | 66 | 4,099
Furnessia | 445 | 223 | 69 | 3,654
Eden | 300 | 211 | 64 | 3,080
Yorouba | 270 | 213 | 63 | 3,202
Taygete | 260 | 238 | 56 | 3,166
Kow-shing | 250 | 171 | 69 | 3,369
S.Y. Monarch | 152 | 221 | 65 | 4,040
S.Y. Aries | 138 | 179 | 56 | 2,986
Twin screw Fenella | 200 | 244 | 64 | 2,890
Twin screw H.M.S. Fearless[2] | 220 | 277 | 67 | 5,022
Twin screw H.M.S. Iris | --- | 454[6]| 135[6] | ---
Twin screw H.M.S. Iris [3] | 300 | 412 | 221 | ---
Twin screw H.M.S. Iris [4] | 300 | 346 | 99 | 4,961
Twin screw H.M.S. Iris [5] | 300 | 439 | 82 | 5,309
------------------------------+-------+---------+----------+-------------

[Footnote 2: Estimated with a speed of 17.5 knots and 3,370
I.H.P.]

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