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" ... representing them under their more elementary form of force simply. With this view, ever since I have entered into such investigations, I have invariably converted the horse-power term to a force term by simply dividing it by a speed factor, and,... "
Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects - Page 172
by Royal Institution of Naval Architects - 1876
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The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected ..., Volume 45

Naval art and science - 1876 - 1186 pages
...propeller expressed as the product of its revolutions by its pitch. The result thus obtained I term the " indicated thrust ;" it is, in fact, the thrust which the propeller would be executing if the whole force of the steam were employed usefully in creating thrust, instead of partly...
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Theoretical Naval Architecture: A Treatise on the Calculations ..., Volume 1

Samuel James Pope Thearle - Naval architecture - 1877 - 384 pages
...simply dividing it by a speed factor; and, as shaping the reduction into its most natural and opposite form, I have adopted as the divisor the speed of the...instead of partly in overcoming friction, driving the air-pump, and overcoming other collateral resistances. Indicated thrust is simply a constant multiple...
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Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 66

Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1881 - 540 pages
...Indicated HP. using C2 = *a. , . = 244 nearly. ..,44o Mean indicated HP. = 298 instead of 300. Now the thrust which the propeller would be exerting if...were employed wholly in creating thrust instead of resistance = ' * - = 9,473 Ibs. ; and 5,378 Ibs. by l,U'ħo Rankine's rule. The late Mr. W. Froude,...
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The Resistance of Ships

William Froude, Edmund Froude - Ship resistance - 1888 - 148 pages
...simply dividing it by a speed factor, and, as shaping the reduction into its most natural and opposite form, I have adopted as the divisor the speed of the...instead of partly in overcoming friction, driving the air-pump, and overcoming other collateral resistances. Indicated thrust is simply a constant multiple...
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Yacht Architecture: A Treatise on the Laws which Govern the ..., Volume 1

Dixon Kemp - Sailing - 1897 - 584 pages
...multiplied by the piston travel per revolution, and divided by the pitch of the propeller. " This is the thrust which the propeller would be exerting if...employed wholly in creating thrust instead of partly overcoming friction, driving the air pump, and overcoming other collateral resistances." As the mean...
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The Design and Construction of Ships, Volume 2

Sir John Harvard Biles - Naval architecture - 1911 - 452 pages
...introduced the term "indicated thrust," which is 33000 x IHP pitch of propeller x revolutions This is the thrust which the propeller would be exerting if the force of the steam were employed in creating thrust only. It may be divided into the following parts : — (1) The useful thrust, or...
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The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected ..., Volume 45

Naval art and science - 1876 - 1178 pages
...propeller expressed as the product revolutions by its pitch. The result thus obtained I term the " ind thrust ;" it is, in fact, the thrust which the propeller would be ex if the whole force of the steam were employed usefully iu creating t instead of partly in overcoming...
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