This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... and from an inch to an inch and a half thick. It can be upholstered with old cushions, or remain bare. A number of crosspieces should be screwed a foot apart to the under side, and should extend four inches out on either side, to serve as footrests for the passengers. And now, All aboard! We're off to the land of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... and from an inch to an inch and a half thick. It can be upholstered with old cushions, or remain bare. A number of crosspieces should be screwed a foot apart to the under side, and should extend four inches out on either side, to serve as footrests for the passengers. And now, All aboard! We're off to the land of snowl A SWIFT ICE BOAT There is no more exhilarating sport than ice boating. Gliding over the smooth surface of a river on a cold day makes the flesh tingle and the blood course merrily through the veins. An ice yacht is easily made and requires but little skill to maneuver. The framework consists of two crosspieces of strong plank two inches thick and six inches wide. One, A B, must be six feet long and the other, C D, eight feet long. Across the underside of each end of the shorter plank attach a block of oak a foot long and two inches wide, E, and to each of these blocks secure a skate in the same way as you would put it on the foot for skating. The long plank, C D, must be securely bolted on the other at right angles, N, so that one end, D, extends twelve inches or more in front of the crosspiece. A piece of board about one foot wide, F, can be secured on both sides of the longer plank, to serve as a seat. A SWIFT ICE BOAT 103 The rudder, G, consists of a board eight inches square, to which must be securely attached two skates set parallel to one another. An upright, H, securely attached to this rudder board, must extend upward through a hole in the plank, and a tiller, J, be fixed to it, as shown, so that the rudder board may be swung from side to side. With this rudder the ice boat can be guided in any direction by the tiller. For the mast, M, a straight spruce pole about six feet long, four inches at the bottom and tapering to two inches at...
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