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English: Title: Bulletin - United States National Museum
Identifier: bulletinunitedst1271923unit Year: 1877 (1870s) Authors: United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior Subjects: Science Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off. Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: 266 BUIoLETIN 127, rxiTED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, himg outside; keel curved upward in center and projecting below at each end to form deep skags or fins; large settee sail set on most stepped nearly amidships, and raking strongly forward; model built of Malabar teak, which is a wood commonly used for construction of boats of this kind; equipped with oars, etc. Dimensions of hoat.—Length over all (including sternpost and pro- jecting stem), 41 feet 9 inches; beam, 9 feet 7-| inches; depth, inside, 5 feet; mast, above gunwale, 22 feet 6 inches; rake. 4i inches to foot; yard. 44 feet; leach, 39 feet 6 inches; foot, 21 feet 9 inches; oars, 18 feet 9 inches. Scale of model, 1 inch equals 1 foot. Gift of Surg. Gen. Francis Day. Cat. No. 160,149 U.S.N.M. Text Appearing After Image: -BOMBAY FISHING CANOE. Model of Bombay fishing canoe. A form of a curious dugout canoe called a " tony," used for fishing puriDoses at Bombay, East Indies. The model is made of Malabar teak wood and represents a long, narrow, double-ended dugout canoe, with convexly sharp ends; strongly raking, convexly curved bow and stern; bottom round and keelless except at ends, where a short rockered keel is worked on; rudder attached to stem by rope beckets; very little sheer except at ends, which rise abruptly in sharp curve, forming a sort of high stem and sternpost, each of which is carved at top; open, fitted with four thwarts, oars, etc.; carries a single settee sail on mast raking Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. |
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