John Fitch, American steam powered boat pioneer, experimented with a propeller driven boat. His version of a propeller was typical of early propeller attempts, in that it was really a screw, like an Archimedes screw. These early screw designs did not prove to be practical, but inventors kept being drawn back to the idea of a propeller instead of paddle wheels. A successful propeller was not developed for many years, and the propeller did not displace the paddle wheel for many more years.
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