Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 425
NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Jan., %BECAUSE- WE[WANT TO KNOW WIND AND ICE-BOAT New York City.Dear St. Nicholas : For a long time, I have had a dis-cussion with a friend of mine as to whether an ice-boat cango faster than the wind, and, if so, how. Would you beso kind as to answer this? I am… … it may go much faster than the wind. the ice; but since the friction is very slight, itwill go almost as fast as the wind. On the otherhand, if the ice-boat is steered at a considerableangle from the direction of the wind, it may, onaccount of the very slight friction, go much fasterthan the wind.…
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