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Show j A gentloman write to Iron that a changuiaay bo Imploding lji our mode of iroptdlinj: ocean steamer through the water. Bcrowamale Abaudouol, be says, anl tho water Jit propeller adopt! In lta place. He remind u that some of the oMrt form of marine creature, the octo, uaand the cuttleflih, drire themvelvei through the water by mean of a J t of watt forcibly discharged, dis-charged, la the same tuannvr un ocean steamer can be driven by a wat.r Jet propeller, which U a continuous jvt of water dichargvl In the oppoalt direction direc-tion to tint In which the ship travels. Many consideration of aafcty, comfort an 1 economy will make tho water Jet profiler preferable to tho steam dri.en screw, bo think. |