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Show First Screw Propellers It is just 100 years since screw propellers were adopted as the superior su-perior driving force for battleships. battle-ships. In 183 9 the British Admiralty Admir-alty ordered a tug-of-war between H. M. S. Alert (a screw steamer) and H. M. S. Rattler (a paddle-wheeler). paddle-wheeler). Made fast to each other, the ships steamed in opposite directions, di-rections, and the Alert proved victorious. vic-torious. o "The glamor girl," says a Hollywood Hol-lywood advice, "is on the way out." "Jeeves, our cane and gloves! |