Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 244
boys owzs book. 217 foresails are stowed and furled without being lowered.After taking out the sprit, they can be rolled up and fas-tened to the mast, not round it. When sails are new, theyshould be frequently wetted with salt water, and allowed todry gradually. This plan will prevent mildew; rain… … 10 THE BICYCLE. 218 boys owk book. become as useful as it is popular. The French, of course,claim this invention—as they claim every novelty now-a-days; but I believe the modern adaptor of the Hobby-horse to have been an Englishman residing at Paris. The Velocipedes now in use are of two…
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