The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 444
ontwo chairs, tables, or boxes, andhang a weight of several pounds overthe ice by an iron wire. The wirewill cut gradually through the ice,but the block will freeze togetheragain above it, so that in time the weight will fall to the floor, the wire having cut completely through theblock, which… … Fig. I. The runners, three in number, areat the ends of the cross-beam (calledthe runner plank) and at therear of that running lengthwise(called centre timber). On theforward end of the centre timberis bolted the bowsprit. The rearrunner serves as a rudder. The for-ward runners are fastened by a…
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