Boys' Book of Model Boats
by Raymond F. Yates
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About this eBook
- Author
- Yates, Raymond F. (Raymond Francis), 1895-
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- VM: Naval science: Naval architecture, Shipbuilding, Marine engineering
- Subject
- Boatbuilding
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 29064
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29064
- Release Date
- June 7, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.BOYS' BOOK
- 2.OF — MODEL BOATS — BOYS' BOOK
- 3.RAYMOND FRANCIS YATES
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 6.BOYS' BOOK OF MODEL BOATS
- 7.CHAPTER I — WHY A BOAT FLOATS
- 8.CHAPTER II — THE HULL
- 9.CHAPTER III — HOW TO MAKE SIMPLE BOATS, WITH AND WITHOUT POWER DRIVE
- 10.CHAPTER IV — STEAM AND ELECTRIC PROPULSION
- 11.CHAPTER V — AN ELECTRIC LAUNCH
- 12.CHAPTER VI — A STEAM LAUNCH
- 13.CHAPTER VII — AN ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN LAKE FREIGHTER
- 14.CHAPTER VIII — AN ELECTRIC SUBMARINE-CHASER
- 15.CHAPTER IX — BOAT FITTINGS
- 16.CHAPTER X — THE DESIGN OF MODEL STEAM-ENGINES
- 17.CHAPTER XI — A MODEL FLOATING DRY-DOCK
- 18.CHAPTER XII — OPERATION OF FLASH STEAM POWER PLANTS FOR MODEL BOATS
- 19.CHAPTER XIII — SAILING YACHTS
- 20.CHAPTER XIV — TWO-FOOT SAILING YACHT
- 21.APPENDIX — BOYS' DICTIONARY OF MARINE TERMS — Transcriber's Notes:
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