A recessed sternpaddlewheelprovided propulsion, powered by a wood-burning steam boiler engine.
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For very strong shaking, the vanes of thepaddlewheelinteracted with the gas, forming a convection roll, sustaining their rotation.
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An engine rotates thepaddlewheelin the water to produce thrust, forward or backward as required.
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They also made large mechanical puppet theatres driven by waterwheels and carriage wheels and wine-serving automatons driven bypaddlewheelboats.
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The smaller hull supports the axle of thepaddlewheelwhich rotates in the river.
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The typicalpaddlewheelsteamship was powered by a coal burning engine that required firemen to shovel the coal to the burners.
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Eachpaddlewheelwas driven by an individual electric motor, giving outstanding maneuverability.
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The force of the water would strike a simplepaddlewheelset horizontally in line with the water.
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For apaddlewheelship, reversing the direction of the paddle will provide astern propulsion.
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The boats drift along on a gentle current, typically generated by apaddlewheel.
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The annulets incorporated into thepaddlewheelsuggest continual efforts.
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During the evening, they come upon an upside-downpaddlewheelsteamboat that the alien's apparently dumped miles from any water.
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Most of the hull of the ship is now gone, but the rudder, parts of thepaddlewheeland the steam engine are still present.
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They work something like apaddlewheelon a paddle-steamer.
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Among the advantages was superior braking of the vessels, sincepaddlewheelpropulsion systems could not effectively be reversed to slow the craft.
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