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 271
water use brass by all means or else the hose. Uselock-nuts on the intake as previously described for theexhaust. If the boat is a fast one, it is a good plan tofasten some sort of a scoop (Fig. 27) to supply water tothe pipe, as without something of this sort the water isapt to shoot past the end… … Fig. 28 Fig. 27 255 BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS any floating object, choke up the pipe, and shut off the watersupply. To prevent this a brass sieve or screen (Fig. 28)is generally fitted over the end. Sometimes when a smallboat is aground at the shore this pipe becomes clogged upwith mud; but this…
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