Francis Pettit Smith

For other people named Francis Smith, see Francis Smith (disambiguation).

Sir Francis Pettit Smith
Francis Pettit Smith in 1856
Born9 February 1808
Hythe, Kent, England
Died12 February 1874(1874-02-12) (aged 66)
Kensington, London, England
Occupation(s)Farmer, engineer
Known forInvention of the screw propeller

Sir Francis Pettit Smith (9 February 1808 – 12 February 1874) was an English inventor and, along with John Ericsson, one of the inventors of the screw propeller. He was also the driving force behind the construction of the world's first screw-propelled steamship, SS Archimedes.[1]

  1. ^ "Smith, Sir Francis Pettit (1808–1874), inventor of a screw propeller". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25798. Retrieved 2 May 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)