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Every boy likes to build boats. The interest in boats seems to be born in the race. little three-year-old chap is instinctively attracted by a puddle of water in which to sail his “boat,” which may take the form of a piece of shingle or common board. Few men have passed through their boyhood days without having built boats at some time.
The author was an ardent boat builder, and he well remembers how he combed the Children’s Department of the local library in search of a book that would tell him something about boats, and especially for information regarding the construction of models. He found books on model airplanes, toys, electricity, radio, and chemistry, but alas! nothing about model boats. He vowed then that when he became a man he would write a book on model boats a book that would contain all the treasured information he had accumulated during his boat-building years .
Chapter I: Why a Boat Floats
Chapter II: The Hull
Chapter III: How to Make Simple Boats, With and Without Power Drive
Chapter IV: Steam and Electric Propulsion
Chapter V: An Electric Launch
Chapter VI: A Steam Launch
Chapter VII: An Electrically Driven Lake Freighter
Chapter VIII: An Electric Submarine-Chaser
Chapter IX: Boat Fittings
Chapter X: The Design of Model Steam Engines
Chapter XI: A Model Floating Dry Dock
Chapter XII: Operation of Flash Steam Power Plants for Model Boats
Chapter XIII: Sailing Yachts
Chapter XIV: Two-Foot Sailing Yacht
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