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 70
ersin the State, I conceived the idea of making for myself aside-wheel paddle-boat; and going to work with what I hadon hand, succeeded so well in my undertaking that I wishto let my young friends enjoy the same privilege. I givea working sketch for a boat of three-feet beam and under,so that my… … Fig. I 54 PADDLE-WHEELS FOR A SMALL BOAT be taken off and put on at will, and without doing eitherboat or wheel any damage. Any boy with some mechani-cal ability, and at very little expense, can make and runhis own paddle-boat, and if he derives as much pleasurefrom the making and working of it as…
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