Frederic Sauvage French Boat Builder Screw Type Marine Propeller c1930 Card

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Frederic Sauvage French Boat Builder Screw Type Marine Propeller c1930 Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 3/8 '' x 3 1/2 ''  or  6 cm. x 8.8 cm.
ORIGINAL c1930  CARD
FREDERIC SAUVAGE
Frederic Sauvage was a French boat builder who carried out early tests of screw-type marine propellers.
Sauvage was born at Boulogne-sur-Mer. In a public demonstration with a small
boat on 15 January 1832 in Honfleur, he was able to show that a propeller is
more efficient than the then standard paddle-wheels located on the sides of the
boat. He was not able to interest the French Navy in his idea and when he tried to
develop it commercially on his own he was not successful, went bankrupt and
landed in debtors prison for a time. Today, the practical development of
propellers is generally credited to Josef Ressel (Austria) who took out patents in
1827, although Sauvage was clearly a pioneer.
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE PERSON ON THE FRONT SIDE
THE CARD ABOVE MAY OR MAY NOT BE FROM THIS CARD!
IT MAY BE FROM ANOTHER CARD FROM THIS SERIES.
I SHOW THE BACK OF A CARD  ONLY AS AN EXAMPLE
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 3/8 '' x 3 1/2 ''  or  6 cm. x 8.8 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
THIS CARD IS  NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION
IT WAS PRINTED c1930
IT IS NOT PERFECT
THERE MAY BE:
SLIGHT PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - ROUNDED CORNERS - WEAK CORNERS - SURFACE CREASES
SEE THE IMAGES ABOVE!
NOTE:
THIS IS PRINTED ON "THIN" PAPER
IT
IS NOT
CARD STOCK.
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