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Page 16
... lower end of the lath , tie it there , and again continue the string up to the opposite side of the hoop , but before fixing with a knot , be sure that your skeleton is equally balanced on both sides - this done , secure the knot , and ...
... lower end of the lath , tie it there , and again continue the string up to the opposite side of the hoop , but before fixing with a knot , be sure that your skeleton is equally balanced on both sides - this done , secure the knot , and ...
Page 57
... lower extremity on the inside . To give finish , and make an imitation stone coping round the top , cut four pieces of wood the size , and fix round . Secure the chimney by pasting it to the end wall inside , before placing on the roof ...
... lower extremity on the inside . To give finish , and make an imitation stone coping round the top , cut four pieces of wood the size , and fix round . Secure the chimney by pasting it to the end wall inside , before placing on the roof ...
Page 62
... .15 made through the lower part of the stern of the boat , and opposite it also in the rudder , through which a thread may be tied to keep it in its place . The thick end of a pin , bent a little. 62 THE BOY'S OWN TOY - MAKER .
... .15 made through the lower part of the stern of the boat , and opposite it also in the rudder , through which a thread may be tied to keep it in its place . The thick end of a pin , bent a little. 62 THE BOY'S OWN TOY - MAKER .
Page 70
... lower end must be fined to a point to fix in the bottom of the vessel . 8 FIC.17 . The Cap ( fig . 17 ) , in small vessels , is generally made of iron , but in larger ones of wood bound with iron . To make it , get a small piece F1.16 ...
... lower end must be fined to a point to fix in the bottom of the vessel . 8 FIC.17 . The Cap ( fig . 17 ) , in small vessels , is generally made of iron , but in larger ones of wood bound with iron . To make it , get a small piece F1.16 ...
Page 72
... lower part of the top - mast , the cap and the cross - trees , and the top - mast head , all the main - boom and gaff , a very small portion of the extreme end of the bowsprit , and all of it that is inside the yacht . To fix Mast and ...
... lower part of the top - mast , the cap and the cross - trees , and the top - mast head , all the main - boom and gaff , a very small portion of the extreme end of the bowsprit , and all of it that is inside the yacht . To fix Mast and ...
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African Wanderers amusement attached Author bait ball BARBARA HUTTON bend birds block boat bottle bottom bowsprit boys brass centre Chromolithography cloth elegant coloured Illustrations corner cross-trees cylinder deck dotted lines Edition electrical Engravings fasten Fcap feather FIC.I fish fold four front G. A. HENTY gaff gilt edges glass GRIFFITH AND FARRAN half hand HARRISON WEIR hook horse inside kite larvæ length magnet main-mast mast methylated spirit Model Yachts paint Paper Boards pass piece of paper piece of wood portion PUBLISHED BY GRIFFITH PUZZLE rigging ropes round rowlocks sails scissors shape shellac Shillings Shillings and Sixpence side silk slips small hole spritsail square stand stout string strips Take a piece Thomas Dunman THOMAS HOOD thread top-mast TOY-MAKER tube upper vessel W. H. G. KINGSTON wire yard young
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