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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 383

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A MODEL AEROPLANE WORTH IMITATING. larger one 10J/2 by 36^ inches. Care must be takento have the sides of the rectangle exactly thesame length and the joints closely and neatly fin-ished. Some boys prefer to lay one stick overanother, drive a very thin brad through them, … A SMALL AND SIMPLE READY-MADE MONOPLANE. The aeroplane, it must be remembered, trav-els edgewise, and, having no guiding string, isat the mercy of every gust of wind. If theframes are carelessly proportioned it will nottravel true, but is likely to be deflected. Imaginea boat whose sides are not…

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