[Rarebooks] fs: Screw geometry!

[Back Creek Books]

Greetings Booklovers,

We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 9139 )  O'Brien, T[homas]. P[rudhoe]. THE DESIGN OF MARINE SCREW 
PROPELLERS.
London: Hutchinson Scientific & Technical, (1962). First printing, Full 
cloth, Quarto, 397 pages, Charts, data tables. Very good, No dust jacket.
      Thorough technical handbook on the design and physics of propellers 
for marine propulsion. Includes extensive data gathered from experiments 
with various designs. Sections on cavitation, blade sections, strength, 
screw geometry, practical applications of theoretical methods, etc. Several 
fold-outs. Bound in royal blue cloth over boards with spine lettered in 
copper gilt, blue topstain, light blue endpapers. Mild sun-fading to spine, 
a few extremity rubs, shallow bumps at spine ends. Clean and sound with no 
prior ownership marks.    $100.00
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