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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 715

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THE PRACTICAL BOY. By Joseph H. Adams. SIXTH PAPER. WINDMILLS AND WEATHER-VANES. A WINDMILL AND TOWER. The windmill and tower shown in Fig. i can.by any smart boy, be made of wood, an oldbuggy-wheel, and a few iron fittings that ablacksmith will make at a nominal cost. The tower is the first thing… … FIG. I. A WINDMILL AND TOWER. feet long and 4 inches square — 30 inches squareat the top and 72 inches square at the base.The platform is 36 inches square and projects 2inches over the top rails all around. The railsand cross-braces are of spruce or pine strips 4 inches wide and 7/q inch thick, and…

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