Experiment (horse-powered boat)
Experiment was an early 19th-century boat powered by horses and incorporating the idea of a screw propeller, which was a new idea at the time.
Experiment | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Experiment |
| Builder | David Wilkinson |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 12 |
| Length | 100 ft (30.48 m) |
| Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Installed power | eight horses on a treadmill contraption |
| Propulsion | "goose-foot paddle" large mechanical screw propeller |
| Speed | 4 knots (7.4 km/h) |
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