…During an experiment, one of the threads broke, but this actually increased the ship's speed, which inspired him to devise the two-bladed screw. In 1939, he built the Archimedes, a 32.3m long ship with a gross tonnage of about 240 tons and equipped with a two-bladed screw with a diameter of 1.75m. The ship demonstrated the superiority of the screw during a test voyage around Britain, so much so that IK Brunel, who was building the iron steamship Great Britain at the Bristol shipyard at the time, decided to abandon the planned paddle wheels and adopt the screw. [Masayoshi Arita]. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Archimedes" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…実験中,ねじ山の一つが折れたが,これによりかえって船速を増したことにヒントを得て,二枚翼のスクリューを考案した。39年には直径1.75mの二枚翼スクリューを装備した長さ32.3m,総トン数約240トンのアルキメデス号Archimedesを建造,同船は,イギリス一周の試験航海でスクリューの優秀性を実証し,当時,ブリストルの造船所で鉄製汽船グレート・ブリテン号を建造中であったI.K.ブルネルは,予定していた外輪をやめスクリューを採用したほどであった。【在田 正義】。… ※「Archimedes」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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