What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 132
-iron nails to the insideof the boat, so that the centres of the rowlocks are about 4 feet10 inches from the end which will be the stern of the boat; thisis the simplest style of rowlock, but a much neater one can bemade by using thole-pins (Fig. TTy B). Turn the boat upon its side and nail a strip… … Fig. ^6. before nailing the strips upon the sides, 4 feet 9 inches fromone end of each strip cut a notch in the side y^ inch deepand 11^ wide ; 3 inches from this notch, or 5 feet from the sameend, cut another similar notch. When these strips are nailed on I04 summer. the sides (Fig. 77) the…
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