you stop. This launch is’ jects attract the eye. Now it is a barbarian proa of the Ladrone Islands or an Arab dhow; nowa Chinese junk or a Genoese fisher bark, xebec or polacre, with lateen sails and bamboo One of the most interesting exhibits is the collec- booms. You canstudy the progress of sail… … wire rope, the latter containing ex- brigs, schooners, steamships, and NAPHTHA LAUNCH amples of wire rope that is now being steamboats. He will find a section manufactured by the government. of a rope of 120 fathoms of the larg- The Massachusetts Humane Society have an exhibit est sife hempen…
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