The paddles were placed in the middle of the boat, near the stern; and there was a double rudder, connected together by rods which were moved by a winch at the head of the vessel. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
Fitch’s first boat employed a system of paddles suspended by their handles from cranks, which, in revolving, gave the paddles a motion simulating that which the Indian imparts to his paddle. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
Bernouilli, Genevois, and the Marquis de Jouffroy used paddles on the duck’s foot principle, which closed when dragged forward, and expanded when pushed to the rear. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
The little pleasure-launch was fussing out from the shore, twanging its music, crowded with people, flapping its paddles. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
He had rejected the plan of using paddles or oars, and also of forcing water out of the stern of the vessel, and had retained the idea of the paddle-wheel. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
The wash of her paddles grew duller. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
The next day I sailed to another island, and thence to a third and fourth, sometimes using my sail, and sometimes my paddles. 乔纳森·斯威夫特.格列佛游记.
To simplify his fishing expeditions he made a model of a boat propelled by paddles, and later he built such a boat and used it on the Conestoga River. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
The piston was supported in its position by friction wheels, and communicated motion to the paddles by a crank. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
She hooted and tooted gaily, then her paddles were silent, the ropes were thrown ashore, she drifted in with a little bump. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
The paddles smash too easily, and the boat is then disabled. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.