Word: aft
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Stability is of two kinds: transverse and fore and aft. The aeroplane in mid-air has two forces acting on it besides that of gravity, a tendency to turn over sideways and a tendency to pitch either backward or forward. To counteract the former, and thus gain transverse stability, the Wrights warp the ends of their planes in such a way as to apply a downward force on the elevated side. To minimize the danger of pitching forward and thus gain fore and aft stability, the horizontal rudder, rigged either in front or behind the machine, is the most effective...
...this number's poetry is considerably below that of its prose. "Explanations," by Mr.E.E. Hunt, and "Voices in the Fall," by Mr. Tinckom-Fernandez, are little more than experiments in versification. Mr. Husband's "Dry Northeaster" is a spirited bit of writing, marred by a lack of technique. "Aft" does not rhyme with "mast"; nor can an adjective conclude one line, while the noun it qualifies begins the next, as in the opening of the second stanza. In Mr. Biddle's "On the Bridge" it is probably a printer's error that gives "eye" as a rhyme to "skies...
...heretofore used by the University crews, was built by Sims, the noted English boat-builder, at Putney, England. Its dimensions are about 63 feet in length, beam, amidships, 23 1-4 inches, depth 9 1-2 inches, amidships, 6 1-2 inches forward and 5 1-2 inches aft. The main difference in the appearance of the English shell from those built in America is in the arrangement of the thwarts which are placed in two distinct alternating rows. The advantage claimed by this arrangement of the seats is that greater and longer inboard leverage can thus be obtained...
...slatted and so arranged that they can be taken out of the boat instantly. She is divided with four steel watertight bulkheads. Her rudder, with brass fittings on the outside, is made of teak. All the deck fittings are of polished bronze, including the deck plates fore and aft, chocks and cleats, heavy stemband, flagpole sockets, rudder cap and fittings. The steering wheel is of polished brass with mahogany handles. The boat is painted white above the water line to her fender rail, which is of heavy oak. About four inches below this rail a cove is cut the whole...