The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 278
and not being too heavy to carry on the shoulder for a quarter of amile or so if necessary. To proceed at once to my directions. It will be best to build under cover,though this is not a necessity. For the keel take a piece of straight deal or pine,free from imperfections, 10 ft. X 2 in. X i in.… … at the ends should be bevelled oft and fitted to the ends of the keel, taking carethat the latter forms one plane with them. They are best fixed in their place bydriving copper nails through, and tapping their ends over perforated caps known as burs, which can be easily obtained; but wire nails…
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