“Water bird.” This description implies that Il Badalone, rather like a Mississippi steamboat, may have featured paddle wheels, the sight of which, thrashing in the water like an awkward pair of wings, could have inspired Giovanni’s insulting nickname. Such paddle wheels, powered by treadmills, were certainly at a design stage a few years later (King, 2000). (King, 2000)
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