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Word: launching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Columbia crews have been given the use of a private steam yacht in place of their launch, which was found to be too slow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 6/22/1887 | See Source »

...boat returned, half an hour later, the Columbia launch steamed up river again, towing the shell and carrying the crew back to their quarters. They row with a somewhat quick but very powerful stroke. They rowed their first mile - as long as they could be seen well from the quarters - with a good rate of speed on, and with about 36 strokes to the minute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crews at New London. | 6/21/1887 | See Source »

...item of $161 was paid back to a committee which thought last spring that it had enough money to pay for running the launch, but found last autumn, after the launch-running season was over, that it didn't have enough money after all. Is this "apparent" or real carelessness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/20/1887 | See Source »

...rest, the item $80 for lifting the launch upon the cars, we only this week found was our debt, owing to a flaw in the agreement with the New London Railroad, which we supposed responsible for the debt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 6/18/1887 | See Source »

Since that time the men have been coached almost daily by Brooks, '87, both from the launch and from the coxswain's seat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Freshman Crew. | 6/18/1887 | See Source »

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