Games of skill, and conjuring: including draughts, dominoes, chess, morrice (1865)
London, New York, G. Routledge and sons · leaf 62
should be tapering,and rather long. The less rigging there is the better; two shroudsand a few stays will be enough. The best models for miniatureships are those vessels that are rigged fore and aft, such ascutters and schooners; square-rigged ships are unmanageable xmlessmade very large. Our first… … The blocks used in rigging a model ship are to be made of boxwoodor alder. The latter is a softer wood than the former, and can bemore readily fashioned into shape with a penknife. The holes forthe cords should be bored through the pieces of wood before theyare shaped into blocks, as it is not easy…
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