Word: motor-boat
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Dates: during 1912-1912
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...Mitigating Circumstance" concerns a freakish motor-boat which gives its owner two unhappy hours and affords the reader an excuse for a few smiles. Perhaps if the humor were not so self-conscious the reader might laugh outright occasionally...
...Crane is the designer of Dixie IV, which last year defended the Harmsworth cup for the fastest motor-boat in the world under 40 feet in length. The distinctive feature of the new shell is its stern, which will be square, instead of being drawn out to a fine point as in previous boats. The new shell embodies some of the lessons Mr. Crane learned in designing hydroplanes. Although it is square, it is so built that it will drag the least possible water astern. The fact that it is seven feet shorter than previous boats will materially lessen...
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