Skating; Figure Skating (the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes) (1892)
Heathcote, J. M., Witham, T. Maxwell, Duke of Beaufort (Ed.) · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 82
alls the Columbus, consisting of a T-plate at both heel and toe ; inserted in the heel of the boot is the usual T-plate, and at the toe is a T-plate, having a slot running at right angles to the line of the skate-blade. To adjust the skate the stud is in- serted in the T-plate in the heel, and the… … of these plates there are flanges, by which the plates can be screwed up tight against the sole and heel of the boot, thus acting not only as plates to support the foot, but as binding nuts, and when screwed tight the fastening is as firm as the Mount Charles, with the additional advantage that, if…
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