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 399
s also traveled to England to meet Cambridge, and hasbeen defeated. The tale would undoubtedly be differentwere the best English crew to meet us here or on neutralwaters. Many improvements have been made in the last quarterof a century in the boats, oars, and mechanical fittings. The paper shell… … BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS which is essential to speed. Aluminum was also tried by-Cornell as a material for boat-building, but the expansionand contraction from heat and cold were too great, and itwas abandoned. Briefly, the other improvements havebeen: the perfection of the swivel row-lock; the…
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