Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 554
e shaft is insertedthrough the hole in the tower head, V, and inthe floor, ^/^ of the tower. The lower end ofthe shaft fits in a hole bored in the crosspiecc crosspioccs. 7. jhe tail-i)cam serves to holdthe wind-wheel into the wind, and to keep it inplace. Pairs of pegs, U, are driven into… … 930 FOR BOYS WHO DO THINGS [Aug., The arms of the windmill must be providedwith sails. These are strips of cloth 9 wideand 3-4 long, with the edges neatly hemmed.They are laid over the front face of thesweeps and are tacked to the arms C. Theyare provided with strings sewed to them attheir outer…
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