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Scientific American, Vol. 83, No. 4 (1900) (1900)

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like the ‘‘ Columbia” or the little log, which trails astern merely serves to reg- “Shamrock,” to produce a vessel that will *‘ point” ulate the engagement and disengagement mechanisms well and “foot” fast at the same time. Almost any- by which the vessel is put about at the end_of its tacks, thing… … regularity which marks the handling of a yacht The map is made up of 6-inch tiles and measures “ NYDIA” by an expert crew. The ‘‘ Nydia” was built and about 6 feet square. We have now received SLACKED OFF AND HELM DOWN. her complicated steering and sail handling mech- further details of this map,…

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