The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - How a Ship is Launched

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(source: NIU Libraries)
Online Full Text: Northern Illinois University
Series: Good News v. 12 no. 300 — page 4792
Subject / Tag: Sketch
Part of: Good News, v. 12, no. 300, February 1, 1896 (Issue)
Date: February 1, 1896
First Sentence: The launch of a modern vessel does not differ materially from one of the older days except in detail and enlarged responsibility.
Last Sentence: After a rest the third wedging comes, and then all the keel blocks are knocked down, the world is given, and the planks that hold the cradle to the ways proper at the bow are sawed off, and the vessel starts down to the water.

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