Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 527
thesehaving, as the bottom, or house-part, a real bird-house. The marksman is another form of weather-vane made in the same way as the sail-skaters,except that there are four arms, two for the 346 PRACTICAL MECHANICS FOR BOYS marksmen and two for the targets as shown inFigure 7. These figures can… … riG 9. FlG /O. saw can be made on the top of a barrel placed ona shed or some similar high place where it cancatch the wind. This is called the runninghen weather-vane. The upright rod is placedin the middle of the barrel with the two armscoming out just to the edge of the barrel. Onthe end of each…
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