e stuffing box and the piston rod. hoop attached to the boom where it crosses the mast—say 5 of deck is sheathed and painted, to prevent any resistance of feet from the deck—-thereby insuring ample head-room, and These packing rings are used in connection with a conical allowing the sail to veer… … M. Prentiss, Boston, Mass. (Named for the Ladrone PHILLIPS’ STEAM PACKING. her about speedily. Islands, where the ‘Flying Proa” originated.) This boat was not built for sea service, but merely to be safer and steadier in protected waters than the common open CONSTRUCTION.—HULLS. boat. Neither is…
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