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 299
boiled oil, dry itthoroughly, and placing the lower edge of your framework along its centre, strainit up tight all round. Use copper nails to fasten it with, and running a streak ofpaint along its lower edge, finish it there with a thin oak batten, steamed to shapeif necessary, and screwed on… … Fig. 1-6.—Construction of Catamaran. ffOlV TO BUILD BOATS, PUNTS, CANOES, ETC. 295 Now make another pontoon in exactly the same way, and when it is finishedfasten both hulls together with three pieces of scantling, as shown in Fig. 9. Thecross-bars should be nine feet long and four inches square,…
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