Word: lining
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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This little book will prove very serviceable to all who are interested in the bicycle. It begins with an excellent historical account of the first inventions in this line, and describes the gradual development of the present bicycle from the old velocipede. Two chapters are devoted to a full description of the manufacture and mechanics of the machine, and another to suggestions for learners. Advice about riding and racing, and information in regard to the laws and courtesies of the road, take up the next chapters. A list of thirty-nine routes, most of them in the vicinity of Boston...
...rowed to-morrow, will be the most interesting and successful that Harvard has ever seen. For over two months the five eight oared crews have been in training, and for the last five weeks have been on the river daily. The sight of five eight-oared crews in line is of itself worth going several miles to see; but when the race between them is as close as that of to-morrow seems likely to be, the interest ought to be very great. Of the five crews the Freshman is the only one that can be said to stand...
...races shall be started in the following manner: The starter, on being satisfied that the boats are ready, and on the line, shall start them by the words, Are you ready? 3 seconds...
...boat not on the line five minutes after the time named shall be liable to be disqualified...
...request of the two captains, the citizens agreed to make the boat-houses water-tight, a quality they did not possess last year. They also agreed that the space below the finish line should be unobstructed for one quarter-mile, and be patrolled by police-boats, and that the course should be buoyed by yawls anchored half a mile apart, each boat flying a red flag from a staff twenty feet high. Last year the buoys were so small as to be almost invisible to coxswains, and therefore valueless as guides. The first-mentioned method of buoying would distinctly mark...