ZDF - Mission X Series 1 (2008) Part 2 The Power of the Propeller

Mission X Series 1

MISSION X explores the lives of the great inventors and scientists who made groundbreaking contributions to humanity.

Part 2 The Power of the Propeller

Josef Ressel, looking at a corkscrew, had an idea of momentous proportions. A new way to pull a ship through water instead of the cumbersome paddlewheel. He invented the modern propeller in 1829, but why haven't we heard more about him since his invention affected all modern travel?

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