Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing (1912)
Davis, Charles G. (Charles Gerard), 1870-1959, ed · New York, London, Harper & Brothers · leaf 127
; then at right angleslay four-by-twelve-inch timbers on edge about two feet apart,and spike them securely to the logs. This part of the workshould be done in shallow water, where the logs can be nearenough to shore for the workers to stand on bottom. When laying these cross-timbers it is always… … free
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