The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts (1915)
Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 87
Fig. 71.—Sails op Ship Can Be Seen After Hull Has Disappeared. ship—hull, sails and smokestack, if she has one—can be seenuntil she sails over the horizon, and then her hull, which is thelargest part of her, is lost to view, then her sails and stack, andfinally only the tops of her masts can be… … take passage on a ship that makes a round-the-world cruise.If you leave New York and keep sailing east all the time youwill finally land at San Francisco; keep on going east by railand you will find yourself back in dear old New York, whereyou started from, having gained a day on the way. See Fig.…
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