The Book of Winter Sports
Author: William Dustin White
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1925
Total Pages: 380
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William Dustin White
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1925
Total Pages: 380
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Edgar Syers
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-12-20
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9780484230346
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from The Book of Winter Sports St. Lydwina receives from the Angel a Branch from Paradise (from an engraving by Wiera, circa 1 600) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: J. C. Dier
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-06-11
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780282389567
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from A Book of Winter Sports: An Attempt to Catch the Spirit of the Keen Joys of the Winter Season The friction type of ice-motor first received serious at tention when, in 1911, Fred Waters, of Red Bank, stumbled into a sensation by putting his runabout on runners with a cogged wheel motor driven. It is said that he had no thought of its being unusually Speedy, but simply aimed to take advantage of the better and less obstructed surface of the ice as compared with the rough roads. The speed of this auto-sleigh with an engine of only Six horsepower was so remarkable that in the next winter he took a Ford chassis, placed runners where the front wheels were, and rear runners on a three-foot extension of the back of the Chassis. In place of the tires on the rear wheels are about thirty-six sharp steel plates which attend to its propulsion when driven by a twenty-two and a half horsepower eu gine. This ice-sled is driven exactly as one drives an auto mobile, and runs smoothly; springs in the front and rear make riding comfortable even at the highest speed. Mr. Waters believes that he will be able to make almost a mile a minute on clear ice, which seems to be about the speed developed so far by the propeller type on Saranac Lake. Intense interest is being Shown in the new sport by both veteran ice-yachtsmen and automobile owners who were never aboard an ice - boat; there is no question but that ice motors will soon be thoroughly studied in the manufac turers' designing rooms, and that motor ice-running will head the list of winter sports in which speed is a factor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Edgar Syers
Publisher:
Published: 2018-08-10
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9781528705974
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This vintage book contains an overview of various winter sports, offering historical information on their origins and evolution as well as information on how, where, when, and why they are played. Including helpful diagrams and wonderful illustrations, this classic book is not to be missed by winter sport enthusiasts and collectors of vintage sporting literature. Contents include: "Bandy," "Curling," "A National Game," "A Game of Long Ago," "The Principles of Curling," "The Art of Curling," "The Skip," "The Single-Handed Game," "Curling in Scotland," "Curling in Switzerland," "Skating," "The History and Literature of Skating," "Of International Skating and the Practice of the School Figures," "Ski-ing," "The Antiquity and Renaissance of Ski," "Countries in which Ski-Running is Practised," etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.
Author: J. C. Ed Dier
Publisher:
Published: 2016-09-10
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9781360681016
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