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Boat sailing in fair weather and foul (1895)

Kenealy, Ahmed John, 1854- [from old catalog] · New York, London, Outing publishing co · leaf 69

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globeten inches in diameter, with a capacity ofabout one and a-half gallons of oil. Ithas an air chamber separated by a par-tition to keep it afloat in a certain posi-tion, and there are two valves. Whenfilled with oil the upper valve is ad-justed to allow oil to flow out at any de- 70 BOAT… … The specific gravity of oil will keep itin the upper part of the distributor, andthe motion of the globe on the breakingwaves or swell will insure the ejectionof the oil through the graduated valvein any quantity. This may be used by towing over thebow when running, or made fast to a seaanchor when…

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