| Year | 1979 |
| Date | 06-Apr |
| Volume | 145 |
| Issue | 3,606 |
| Page | 394 |
| Category | Nautical |
| Part | 2 |
| Title | The Early History of the Screw Propeller |
| Author | Vic Smeed |
| Notes | "Archimedes", William Joest (1841) fishtail action, Elijah Galloway's design, 1824 Bennett Woodcroft variable pitch, Charles Firret's 1845 patent, Thomas Parlour (1845), 1846 design by James Montgomery, 1848 feathering prop by Joseph Maudsley, 1850 John Beattie, ultimate development by Francis Smith, screw wheel by Captain Ericsson, prop for "Great Britain" by Brunel, Ericsson's frigate design, 1850 Henry Wimshurst propeller and bow thruster, 1849 by Robert Griffiths |