Mechanical appliances, mechanical movements and novelties of construction; a complete work and a continuation, as a second volume, of the author's book entitled "Mechanical movements, powers and devices" ... including an explanatory chapter on the leading conceptions of perpetual motion existing during the past three centuries (1910)
Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York, The N. W. Henley publishing company · leaf 190
452. CURIOUS BOATS. Pernambuco,Brazil, catamaran, with a caboose and plat-form on a frame above log float.The gaff sets at the foot of the mast, whichis stayed by cleats and bracesto a cross piece pinned tothe logs. … 453. CURIOUS BOATS ; GREENLAND KAYAK. Has no keel, made of sealskins, andentirely covered except a space to sHp the bodyof the occupant into a seat on the bottom.
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