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250 BCE
Archimedes Screw
First Invention that led to the use of a screw design by Archimedes. http://lisahistory.net/hist106/pw/articles/Archimedes.pdf -
Period: 250 BCE to
History of the Screw propellor
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Creation of the Steam Engine
This engine is the first step to get the propeller powered https://academic.oup.com/icc/article-abstract/13/2/419/644433 -
First steam boat in the United States
This was built by John Filch, but it is a paddle boat not propeller. However, this is the first steam powered ship in the U.S. https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/oilspill/20130312030756/http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/Portals/46/docs/recreation/OP-CO/montgomery/pdfs/5thand6th/ahistoryofsteamboats.pdf -
First Steamboat with a Propeller
This is the first steamboat with a propeller. It was named the Archimedes https://www.nature.com/articles/143487a0 -
One of the fastest steam propellor design
One of the fastest steam propellor design called the Great Britain. It travelled the atlantic in 14 days https://dawlishchronicles.com/2018/09/04/ss-archimedes-arrival-of-the-screw-propeller-1839/
