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 193
462. CURIOUSBOATS. The turkey-bone yacht with a swing-ing bowsprit—more curi-ous than useful. … 463. CURIOUS BOATS. Non-heeHngsail-boat. A heavy keel frame is pivoted atstern and bow to which the mast is fixed. This rig allows the mast and sail to leanfrom the wind, while the boat is balanced bythe contrary swing of the iron keel. 464. RACING YACHTS. Model designs of the British and Amer-ican…
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