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 603
on a handleabout 18 inches long, to which isattached a cord running over a pul-ley and fastened to a weight beneaththe floor. This does not exactlyrepresent rowing, however, for theweight exerts a constant pull,whereas the resistance of the waterto the oar is not the same at allpoints. The weight,… … Rowing Machine. winds up a spring as in the oneshown in the illustration. The Yaleand Harvard crews now practicerowing during the winter in realboats in large tanks of water intheir gymnasiums. History. In ancient times the larg-est vessels were propelled with oarsarranged in rows called banks,…
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