The Boy's Modern Playmate: A Book of Sports Games and PastimesF. Warne & Company, 1906 - 816 sider |
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Side 442
... lower corners of the main and fore - sails on the windward side . The sheets secure the corners on the leeward side . Sheets and tacks are convertible terms , according to the side on which the wind is ; they are applicable only to the ...
... lower corners of the main and fore - sails on the windward side . The sheets secure the corners on the leeward side . Sheets and tacks are convertible terms , according to the side on which the wind is ; they are applicable only to the ...
Side 445
... lower cap . The upper hoop is placed six inches below the upper cap , and three others are spaced at equal distances between the upper and lower hoops . These hoops , h h h , have all eye - bolts drove through them from the after side ...
... lower cap . The upper hoop is placed six inches below the upper cap , and three others are spaced at equal distances between the upper and lower hoops . These hoops , h h h , have all eye - bolts drove through them from the after side ...
Side 549
... lower halves of the bill ; with most other birds it is as with man , who can move the lower jaw only , the upper being fixed to the bones of the head . This arrangement gives to these birds a peculiar advantage in using , as they do ...
... lower halves of the bill ; with most other birds it is as with man , who can move the lower jaw only , the upper being fixed to the bones of the head . This arrangement gives to these birds a peculiar advantage in using , as they do ...
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The Boy's Modern Playmate: A Book of Sports, Games, and Pastimes John George Wood Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1891 |
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