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Sir Francis Pettit Smith (9 February 1808 – 12 February 1874) was an English inventor and, along with John Ericsson, one of the inventors of the screw...

Francis Pettit Smith (1808–1874), British inventor of the screw propeller Francis Shubael Smith (1819–1887), American publisher Francis Marion Smith (1846–1931)...

trans-Atlantic ocean liner. SS Archimedes, built in Britain in 1839 by Francis Pettit Smith, was the world's first screw propeller-driven steamship for open...

inventors in Britain, John Ericsson and Francis Pettit Smith, began working separately on the problem. Smith was first to take out a screw propeller patent...

screw-propelled steamship, completed only a few months before by Francis Pettit Smith's Propeller Steamship Company. Brunel had been looking into methods...

advances came together. The screw propeller was introduced in 1835 by Francis Pettit Smith who discovered a new way of building propellers by accident. Up to...

version of the Archimedes' screw, was invented independently by Francis Pettit Smith and John Ericsson in 1835. The technology of propeller or 'screw'...

screw propeller, which was unsuccessful. In 1836, the Englishman Francis Pettit Smith tested a screw propeller similar to Ressel's. The first transatlantic...

inventors in Britain, John Ericsson and Francis Pettit Smith, began working separately on the problem. Smith, a farmer by trade who had entertained a...

performance at Hythe Youth Club. Monte Saldo, early bodybuilder Francis Pettit Smith, inventor of the marine screw propeller, was born and brought up...

Botanist, 1878 Men of Invention and Industry, 1884 Phineas Pett, Francis Pettit Smith, John Harrison, John Lombe, William Murdoch, Frederick Koenig, The...

direct consequence of the publication of his open letter J'Accuse…!. Francis Pettit Smith, one of the inventors of the screw propeller and a contributor to...

modern hospice movement Ernest Shackleton — the Antarctic explorer Francis Pettit Smith — one of the inventors of the screw propeller Charlene Soraia — alternative...

that of screw-propelled steamboats - for these, Ericsson's rival Francis Pettit Smith obtained the British patent but Ogden, on Ericsson's behalf, obtained...

without wearing out their stern glands came in collaboration with Francis Pettit Smith. Other notable associations include his work on the application of...

Viagra (Sildenafil) was synthesized at Pfizer in Sandwich, Kent. Sir Francis Pettit Smith of Kent invented the screw propeller. On 3 May 1830 the world's first...

without wearing out their stern glands came in collaboration with Francis Pettit Smith. Other notable associations include his work on the application of...

as a precursor to the gyroscope – John Serson Screw propeller – Francis Pettit Smith The world's first patent for an underwater echo ranging device (Sonar)...

(1768–1833). 1835: The screw propeller invented and patented by Francis Pettit Smith (1808–1874). 1843: Launch of the SS Great Britain – the first steam-powered...

causing the engine stress and rendering the vessel hard to control. Francis Pettit Smith and Captain John Ericsson had been trying to demonstrate the potential...