Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 242
given are i878.] HOW TO MAKE AN ICE-BOAT. 221 the result of careful experiments and some failures.Fig. I is an elevation, Fig. 2 a ground-plan of theframe, and Fig. 3 a section of a runner. Geta spruce plank, A, 12 feet long, 6 inches wide, 2inches thick. This is the backbone of the struct- The… … ure. Cut near one end of it a hole two inchessquare to receive the foot of the mast. Take two oak cross-bars, E E, 8 feet long, 4 inchesdeep, 2 inches thick. The cross-bars are boltedto A, one foot apart, the forward one a foot frommast-hole. This distance is best. Next get one oak plank, C, 16…
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