of France.
1792-1871
Shipbuilder.
Frederic Sauvage devoted all his time and money on work to develop the screw propeller, and Augustin Normand saw that it might be usefully applied to a new ship which he was planning, the . Normand and Sauvage came to an agreement, whereby Normand would cover the costs of a trial, but would reserve the rights to modify the design.
Normand worked with the respected British marine engineer John Barnes to carry out trials of eight designs of propellers between January and July 1843. Sauvage had recommended a helicoid with a single turn of the spiral. To Sauvage's dismay Normand and Barnes showed that their developments, with several blades, were superior to Sauvage's.[1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 'A History of Technology and Invention', edited by Maurice Daumas, translated from French by Eileeen B. Hennessy, 1968 (France), 1979 in translation in USA and Canada