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   ocr: B MISC MISC SHIP paddle wheel, removing the ship's L reliance on winds. Another turnig point came a fewyears later, when E the first iron boat was constructed. H This was much stronger and safer than its wooden predecessors. In the early 19th century, the K the paddle screw propeller replaced wheel as a more efficient means of M propulsion.Asit was submerged,it was more resistant to collision and damage than a paddle wheel. Thenin the late 19th century, the R HE FIRSTSEA-GOING vessels newlyinvented internal combustion > were used in the Stone Age.. A engine began to be adapted for use a pine d ...